| The Mummified Hand of the Egyptian King | ||||||||
| Legend contributed by: Robert Campana | ||||||||
| One of the most powerful rulers of ancient Egypt was Pharaoh Khufu. Around 2500 B.C., he built the Great Pyramid at Giza, but, legend has it, he didn’t like its color, and with a wave of his hand, he dismissed his master builder. As they took him away, the master builder uttered a secret curse:
“May your hand drop from your body, and may you never rest till you find it!” Centuries later, Akhmet the grave robber and his clumsy brother, Nakhmet, broke into the tomb. Nakhmet: “Akhmet, look at this! It’s a priceless ceramic vase…oops!” [he drops the vase] Akhmet: “Nakhmet, let me do the grave robbing. Just stand by that sculpture and don’t touch nothing!” But the sculpture was actually the mummy case of the great king Khufu! And when Nakhmet leaned against it… Nakhmet: “Oops! [the case falls and breaks] I knocked you over! * Here, let me give you a hand up! But the hand of the mummy came off in his own! Nakhmet: “You’re no man; you’re a mummy! Akhmet!” And, still carrying the dried hand, the terrified fools* ran from the tomb. He cursed them, too, and the Mummy of Giza still searches for his lost hand, here in the Temple. Your quest is to find the Mummified Hand of the Egyptian King and bring it back here! Kirk: “Thank you. So, tell us, where is the Mummified Hand?” Olmec: “The Mummified Hand of the Egyptian King can be found in the Dark Forest.” |
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