Last Tomb, The

Commodore plus 2024

Language:: English
Authors:: Bieno Martí
Platforms:: C64/128 , Oric/Atmos
Entered by:: iamaran, Strident
Added:: 10-01-2025
Edited:: 05-02-2025

Synopsis

It has been several weeks since we arrived here, south of Cairo, in Saqqara with a sun that looks relentless despite the dry climate and only the water and shelter under the tent we have set up gives us some relief. I came with two colleagues with whom I have been studying and contrasting data from the area for some time to locate the tomb of Imhotep and we have clues that lead us to think that he lies buried very close to the step pyramid of Djoser, right here in Saqqara and south of this one, about 500 meters away. Imhotep was his architect and would surely be buried, as was customary, near the tomb he built for Pharaoh Djoser.

After a few weeks of searching and working, we had a mishap. An entrance that was hidden in a wall of the mastaba has collapsed and a huge rock has fallen on the leg of one of my colleagues. They quickly took the Jeep and rushed to the Qsar El Ayni hospital in Cairo. The entrance remained hidden under some engravings that we happened to find and that were revealed by pure chance.

Meanwhile, I wait here, guarding the entrance against possible looters, not without some nerves. After so much time, we have finally discovered what appears to be a funerary temple that promises the best.

Meanwhile, my patience is desperate and I try to communicate with them with my cell phone and the practically zero coverage here doesn't help either. Furthermore, my curiosity increases exponentially every minute I spend alone with this discovery. The gusts of air caress the stones and cause sounds that confuse me, believing I hear voices that seduce me to enter and frighten me in the same way. Furthermore, this opening into the interior, this great discovery, attracts me like a magnet and I doubt that I can resist too much without entering inside and seeing what wonders are hidden.