Chapter 552 (1/2)

Ahmed now regretted agreeing to take the task. If he had refused the director's order at that time and insisted on going to helgada for vacation, the consequence would at most be to come back and be trained, and now he must face unknown dangers. This is obviously not an ordinary murder.

”Professor Alef, did you know anything before you came?” Ahmed asked tentatively, looking at the empty sarcophagus and the deep cave.

”No, I don't know anything like you,” said Alef, ”but now I know a little.”

”What do you know?”

”No mummy has been found since the discovery of Khufu pyramid. The tombs of Pharaoh and queen are empty. It is said that the pyramid has long been looted by tomb robbers.” Alef said, ”In fact, we haven't found Pharaoh's body in any pyramid so far. All the mummies were found in the valley of kings. I always have a question. Why did the emperors of the ancient Egyptian Dynasty make the tomb so conspicuous? It's not obvious to tell the tomb robbers to steal it. My baby is here! Now I know, the pyramids on the ground It's a cover. Its underground palace is the real tomb. ”

”Then why is the coffin empty?”

”Then go down and have a look.”

Ahmed said, ”well, I'll go first and you'll follow me. Abdullah, you can stay here if you're afraid.”

Abdullah stood up and said, ”no, sir, I'm not afraid. I just... I'm not ready. I swear in the name of my father and grandfather that Abdullah Rashad Rashid buzibrahi izgerahi zisharasha mudzhile is a brave soldier and will not be a deserter. If you don't believe it, I'm willing to go ahead!”

Ahmed thought for a moment and decided to admit the bravery of the lovely scenic spot administrator and let him go ahead. This was not to let Abdullah be cannon fodder, but that he could have time to make a more correct judgment in case of danger.

Climbing into the sarcophagus, there was a steep downward slope. There were a lot of blood on the ground and the corners on both sides of the slope. Not long after going down the slope, he entered another stone chamber.

This stone chamber is much larger than the one above, but it is not square, but a regular pentagon. Many murals are also painted on the wall. There is a sarcophagus in the middle of the chamber, and five stone tablets stand around the sarcophagus.

Professor Alef's eyes were completely attracted by the five stone tablets, while Ahmed walked to the corner of the stone chamber, where there was a body.

Different from the above, the corpse here was treated very clean, the internal organs had been completely removed, and the whole abdominal cavity was empty, but it was certain that the heart was still there. The excavated face hole was also cleaned, and the dead's eyes and brain were missing. The whole head was like an empty pumpkin.

As like as two peas as like as two peas in the five corners of the stone, they were all dead alike, and placed in the same place. Their feet were pointing to the walls of the stone room, and their heads were facing the sarcophagus in the center, which seemed to be a sacrificial ceremony.

This overturned Ahmed's speculation about the murderer. It was impossible for the beast to arrange the bodies so neatly.

He carefully examined the surrounding of the stone chamber, and found no other passage except two vents on the wall. Therefore, he looked at the sarcophagus in the middle.

Alef was still looking at the stone tablets. While looking at them, he said to himself, ”this is not a holy script, not ancient Egyptian characters. Damn, I don't know any of these words. It's too strange!”

From the first tablet to the fifth tablet, he looked puzzled: ”it's really hieroglyphics, at least a little like the holy script. Is it Chinese characters? No, no, it's impossible. How could Chinese characters appear in the Pharaoh's tomb four thousand years ago! Hey -” he turned and shouted, ”who of you knows Chinese?”

Ahmed shrugged and said in his heart, how can anyone here understand Chinese? Aren't you a professor? Aren't you an archaeologist? If you don't know, who else knows!

When Alef was disappointed, Adula suddenly stood up and said with a little confidence: ”I think I may know a little Chinese.”

”You?” Ahmed was surprised. ”Do you know Chinese?”

”Just a little,” said Abdullah. ”Tourism officials say that all people working in the scenic spot should learn a little Chinese if... If they want to make money for Chinese tourists.”