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	Christopher Arthur’s enthusiasm for antiquity was not solely focused on the culture and history of ancient Greece. While the Greeks (or the Hellenes, as he preferred to call to them) were his primary focus, Chris had at least some funding in the research of other ancient civilizations. The Egyptians, the Maya, the Norse. You name it, he probably already has at least donated some money to the research of that topic and if he hasn’t, some day it will get his attention.

	One such research group, led by a father-son duo, had recently stumbled upon a previously undiscovered burial tomb in the region of Upper Egypt.   Before anyone in this excavation team ever set foot inside the tomb, George Zimmerman, the head Archaeologist of the group, first activated a device that Chris’ company, Knight’s Corp, developed and provided for this excavation. The device’s role was to scan and map the tomb complex without compromising the integrity of its structure.  Plus, the device allowed the group to discover any booby-traps without actually stumbling onto them, preventing any injuries or deaths.  Once the machine’s scanning array powered down, Doctor Zimmerman, along with his son, Jeffrey, and two other younger colleagues, descended into this Egyptian tomb,  becoming the first people to step foot inside of this structure since it had been sealed so long ago.

	The tomb consisted of a long corridor that stretched for several yards at a descending incline. Once at the end, the corridor forked (or rather made a ‘T” shaped crossing). Without the technology that the Knight’s Corp had furnished them with, the archaeologists would have first turned right, towards the way that had the grander entrance and more paintings and inscriptions that were plastered onto the wall. But with the scans taken from the machine, the excavation knew that this path would lead to a dead-end, probably to try to fool or deter any grave robbers. 

	Therefore, they journeyed down the other route, where they found the burial chamber. The sarcophagus contained in this chamber was relatively meager and unadorned in comparison to others burial grounds found in neighboring region.  A few feet away from the sarcophagus was a decayed staff that was wedged into a whole in the room’s foundation.   An intricate wooden adornment decorated the top of the staff.  There even seemed to have been a space in this adornment for some kind of gem to be housed in it.  However, it seemed that grave robbers had snatched whatever had been housed in that space a long time ago.

	While Jeffrey examined the peculiar staff and his father and their sole female colleague, Sarah, took a better look at the sarcophagus and the marks that were engraved into it, the fourth and final member of the team, or at least of Doctor Zimmerman’s staff, Curtis Schmidt, decided to pear over the Hieroglyphics that covered the nearby walls.


	“Professor, over here! I think I have found something.” Curtis called out, his hands pointing at a particular section of the Hieroglyphics. The other three Archaeologists turned and walked over to where their colleague stood, examining the stretch of ‘text’ that the man was pointing out.

	“Let’s see here.” Sarah said as she began to decipher the Hieroglyphics, “Whosoever steps foot within this chamber and reads these words shall awaken Sethotep, servant of Set.” There was a short pause of awkward silence, as the archaeologists wondered at the translation.  However, almost immediately after Sarah had read aloud her ‘translation’, George Zimmerman burst into laughter.

	“I have done this job almost my entire life.  Not once have I ever seen any of these Hollywood ‘mummy curses’ come true!”  But unknown to the four archaeologists, the lid of the sarcophagus creaked open only an inch, revealing that something had indeed happened.  Decayed fingers poked out from the crevice that was created by the casket having been opened.  The fingers gripped the lid firmly and began to push it aside.  Only once the sarcophagus’ lid had crashed onto the floor did the four archaeologists become aware of the situation.  And a chill rushed down all of their spines.