Re: New player
I imagine everyone is wondering what you need to do here other than cause mass carnage.
The following was supplied by Dr. Ali Khafour before you departed.
This ceremony is intended to resurrect the Black Pharaoh's bride, Nitocris. To do this they need her mummified remains, which presumably lies in the sarcophagus on the altar. They will present three sacred articles: the Necklace, Girdle and Crown of Nitocris. The cult has all three. The last is to sacrifice someone who is imbued with great psychic ability. This will release power, which will be focused by the artefacts into the mummy of Nitocris. Miss Agatha was supposed to be that victim, but she has been spirited away to safety so they likely found another victim as a substitute.
Once the ceremony begins whatever you will do will become more difficult. One objective is to disrupt the ceremony before it starts. But unless the mummy and the artefacts are destroyed, the cult can just try again. It would help to eliminate the local high priest, Omar al-Shakti, but you don't see him. If you obtain the artefacts, you have spells available that will destroy them. As they need all three, destroying one should work. Dr. Khafour says there are other ways but he did not have time to prepare them before the ceremony. But if he can, he'll send assistance. The mummy is also effectively invulnerable at this time due to spells and incantations placed on it.
Tony