Cairo III
In reply to Dr. Ali Khafour (msg # 16):
"Something is happening, all right. We don't know quite what.
"First the Tomb of Nitrocris is found across the Nike in Giza by the Clive expedition. The sarcophagus is stolen, guards vanished. Then the Girdle of Nitocris is stolen. Is it important in some way? What is the connection?
"We asked the "scholar" who was sacked from the Clive expedition, Jan van Huevelen, for information on the Clive expedition. He agreed to help, but only if we assisted him in translating some papyrus scrolls he claims are from the Temple of Bast. Plus he is being plagued by cats, surely a coincidence? Once he is completed his work in a week or two he promises to tell us what he knows about the Clive expedition, now in Memphis to the south of the city. He says he will then give the papyrus to the Cairo Museum but I have my doubts because if his papers are to be of real value in Europe they must accompany the original texts.
"Lastly, while we did find Penhew's agent, Warren Besart, he spoke a foul ritual practiced by some members of the Carlyle expedition that summoned a massive dark beast. It shattered his mind. He was rescued by one of the diggers, Unba. I asked Nigel, our newspaperman friend, to track him down. He lives a few hours south down in the Nile Delta, with his mother Nyiti in the town of el Wasta. Perhaps he knows something as well? Might be worth a look while we are waiting for van Huevelen to finish his work."