1. The Offering


    Date: 3/1/2016, Categories: Supernatural, Author: RejectReality

    ... seeing Cameron’s eyes drawn to the portal. “Come, let us meet Emuishere.” The lid, carved to resemble its occupant, rested upon metal scaffolding on one side of the stone sarcophagus. On the opposite side, the mummiform lid of the coffin inside sat upon similar supports. Cameron could see a glass covering over the sarcophagus, which she assumed was sealed, in order to protect the mummy. Cameron crossed the chamber, pausing to examine the coffin lid for a moment. As with everything else in the tomb, it deviated from the norm by depicting Emuishere’s full breasts in the carved image of her. A quick glance revealed the same on the stone lid of the sarcophagus. Abasi leaned over the sarcophagus, gazing upon the mummy within. Cameron joined him, and let out a gasp. A golden mask adorned the mummy, showing the same serene, beautiful face depicted throughout the tomb. The care shown in the wrapping of the mummy was easily equal to that of any Pharaoh’s, the linen in near perfect condition. As with her coffins, the priests had placed something beneath the wrappings to represent Emuishere’s breasts, even in her mummy. “Amazing. Beautiful,” Cameron murmured. “Indeed,” Abasi agreed. “The museum is eager to examine her, but the Secretary has deemed it necessary to document and remove the other artifacts before examination of the mummies may begin.” “But all the artifacts are already...” Cameron trailed off, only now noticing two things, a relief carving on the wall directly behind the ...
    ... sarcophagus, and another doorway in the right side of the chamber. “Did you say, mummies ?” Abasi offered a smile, his brilliant white teeth a sharp contrast against his dusky skin. “You see how the relief depicts Emuishere in mourning, facing as though into the wall.” “Djeserit’s tomb is on the other side,” Cameron conjectured. “And only accessible through this chamber, behind a well hidden door. Even in death, Emuishere protected and adored her mistress.” He gestured toward the portal. “Shall we proceed?” The wonders continued, beginning with a smaller burial chamber just off the corridor connecting the two tombs, which held six more mummies – all female. Though not buried with the wealth of Emuishere, the paintings on the wall were equally wonderful, and Abasi explained that each had her own funerary goods that were placed in nearby niches of the chamber walls. Each shared the theme common to the tomb of depicting the woman’s breasts in her mummy and coffins. Niches honeycombed the back wall of the chamber, each housing a cat mummy, a symbol of the goddess Bastet. The painted reliefs within the first chamber of Djeserit’s tomb incorporated precious metals and semi-precious stones. Even with the artifacts that had once rested there already removed, the room still glittered with the evidence of incredible wealth. Abasi explained that the jars found there were well sealed, and might reveal a wealth of knowledge about the diet of the highborn when examined – even unto the spices ...
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