Umm El Qa’ab area of Abydos, Egypt, is the burial place of the pharaohs of the First Dynasty. Unfortunately, almost all the tombs that have been discovered have signs of being opened and robbed when they were found. What mechanisms were added to the design of the tomb? Were there any special burial objects when the royal family and nobles were buried? Although the stolen tombs still have rich research value, the archaeological teams are still unable to know their original appearance.
You are an archaeologist who specializes in studying ancient Egyptian tombs. There are many tombs in this area, and you believed there must be some of them that have never been opened and are well preserved. Your biggest dream in your work is to find an unopened tomb and be the first person to enter it.
Today, you returned to the museum where you work as usual and continued to study ancient documents. According to your study, you’ve identified a location where there should be a sizable tomb. But your team has been digging for several weeks already and still found nothing. You couldn’t help but start to think about whether it’s time to give up…
Suddenly, you received a call from the excavation site. You could hear the excitement in the voices of the staff on the other end. They said they found a well-cut stone with a scarab carved on it. The news has lit you up. That probably be a part of the wall or pillar of the tomb, the entrance must be nearby! You immediately instructed the on-site manpower to focus on digging, and it didn’t take long for them to find an underground entrance.
This is a brand new discovery! The staff on-site reported that there was a sentence written in ancient characters carved on the tomb door. You checked the documents at hand and that sentence should be saying…
“Do not disturb the rest of the owner. In 35 minutes, the scarab army will be here.”
You’re not sure if you translated it right, but the time limit is clear and this is clearly a warning. This is a rare opportunity for the entire archaeological community! As long as you leave the tomb within the time limit, you should be fine…right? But before taking any further action, you must first determine the origin of this tomb…After all, the legend of the tomb curse is commonplace in the archaeological community. Be prepared at the museum and head to the site to investigate.
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埃及阿拜多斯的烏姆·卡伯是早王朝時期法老們的墓地。可惜的是，幾乎所有已發現的陵墓在挖出時已有被開啟及盜墓過的痕跡。陵墓在設計時加入了什麼機關？王室和貴族下葬時有沒有什麼特別的陪葬品？雖然被盜過的陵墓仍有豐富的研究價值，卻也無法讓考古團隊得知古埃及陵墓最原始的面貌。
你是專門研究古埃及陵墓的考古學家，此處的陵墓眾多，你相信當中多少會有一些是從未被開啟而保存完好的。你在考古工作上最大的夢想，就是找到一個全新未開的陵墓，並成為進入其中一睹風采的第一人。
今天，你如常回到了你工作的博物館，繼續研究古代文獻。根據文獻記載，你鎖定了一處地點附近應該有個相當規模的陵墓，但你的團隊已經在那邊挖了好幾個星期，依然一無所獲。你不禁開始考慮，是不是該放棄了呢…
突然，你接到了挖掘現場打來的一通電話，另一頭傳來了挖掘人員激動的聲音。他們說挖到了一塊方正的石頭，上面雕刻了聖甲蟲。你也頓時興奮了起來，這很有可能是陵墓的牆壁或是柱子的一部份，入口一定就在附近！你馬上指示現場人手集中挖掘，果然挖出了一個地下入口。
這是全新的發現！現場人員回報說墓門上刻了一段以古代文字寫成的句子，你馬上查閱手邊的文獻，寫的意思應該是…
「勿擾墓主安息。35 分鐘後，聖甲蟲大軍將至。」
你不太確定翻譯得對不對，但時間是明確的，這也很明顯是一段警告。這對整個考古界來說可是一個千載難逢的機會！只要限時內離開應該…就可以了吧？但在有進一步行動之前，必須先確定這個墓是什麼來頭…畢竟陵墓詛咒的傳說，在考古學界可是家常便飯。在博物館做好萬全的準備，並前往現場調查吧。
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