Dark Incal
Perry Okerstrom

	Famed British Archaeologist Alfred Pennyworth has 
	disappeared in a cloud of controversy over his 
	latest findings at Tell el 'Amarna.

	The site is more infamously known for the theft of 
	the bust of Nefertiti by German archaeologist Ludwig 
	Borchadt of the German-Oriental Society in 1912.

	Rumour has Pennyworth making an equally significant 
	discovery, the 'Dark Incal' a statue in the shape of 
	Anubis, Guardian of the Dead. This piece of 
	statuary, if it exists, is purported to have magical 
	properties.

	The professor's jeep was found abandoned in the 
	desert approximately three miles from his camp. No 
	signs of a struggle were found. Speculation proposes 
	that the professor is lost in a sandstorm.
	
	No trace of the statue can be found. The professor 
	is presumed dead.

Possibilities
1       The statue is a representation of the N'Ho, a tribe of sand 
dwellers making their home in the desert during the time of the 
Egyptians. A small enclave of the tribe still exists and Pennyworth 
died at their claws as they recaptured their totem.

2       The statue, with the help of a piece of translated papyrus, 
was used to summon Anubis. However, without a binding ritual there was 
nothing to keep the old god at bay. He grabbed the professor and 
dragged him back to his realm.

3       The professor's jeep overheated in the desert. Unable to re-
start it he set out on foot in the direction he thought his camp lay. 
He perished in the storm, hugging his prized possession to his chest.

Copyright (c) 1990 Perry Okerstrom