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when Erica and a team of four other
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scientists are exploring the lowest
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known levels of an ancient pyramid they
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stumble across a previously undiscovered
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hatch that is leading even further down
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they try to traverse the patch
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themselves at first but when they see
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what it leads to they feel forced to
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inform the local police but they still
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have some time to explore before the
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police arrive but before we start smash
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breath as she led the way down the hatch
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she and the other scientists had just
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discovered in the bottom room of the
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pyramid she could barely believe that
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she was entering somewhere no human had
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set foot for thousands of years the
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narrow path eventually led the group to
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a small room with a big sealed off door
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they know they should probably report
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this first but they could not contain
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their curiosity and carefully broke the
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seal and opened up the mysterious door
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but when they finally got a look at what
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was behind the door the group could
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barely believe it they knew they
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couldn't deal with this alone and
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immediately called the local police for
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help but how did these scientists
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discover this hidden path what did the
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mysterious door lead to and why did the
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police have to get involved decade after
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decade the pyramids of Egypt have been
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the subject of countless expeditions in
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fact there have been so many expeditions
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that one might think everything possible
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had already been discovered but that is
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far from the truth as there is so much
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still left to explore new and improved
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technology abounds day by day and that
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new technology makes it possible for
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scientists to explore ever further to
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make discoveries that would never have
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been possible even days before because
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that technology continues to open new
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doors in fact the infamous pyramids have
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long been one of the favorite places for
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scientists to explore and as new
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technology becomes available there is
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more and more that they can explore the
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pharaohs always were notorious for
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hiding secrets and treasures and as
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scientists are able to explore further
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they hope to find more of those erica a
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UK-based historian is one of these
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scientists that has an absolute
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fascination for the ancient Egyptians
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and everything that has to do with them
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so when she gets invited on a expedition
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into one of the lesserk known pyramids
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she can't say yes fast enough in fact
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she's extremely hopeful that they will
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discover something remarkable local
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scientists have used a relatively new
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technology called cosmic ray imaging to
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find what seems to be a previously
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unknown small pathway leading further
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down into the pyramid there's no telling
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what could be down this path it could be
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exciting or it could be just an exit for
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those who built the pyramid but there's
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going to be an expedition to find out
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erica will be part of a team of five
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scientists who will enter the pyramid
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next week guided by the route provided
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by the cosmic ray imaging she will have
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to pack her bag right away as the plane
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leaves tomorrow there's not much time to
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prepare but it's the opportunity of a
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lifetime and she can't wait erica can
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barely contain her excitement actually
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going inside a pyramid has been a dream
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of hers for so long and now she might
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discover something that has not been
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seen since the pyramid was sealed off
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thousands of years ago it's enough to
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make any scientist giddy and for one who
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has always been entranced by the
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pyramids even more so the next couple of
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days are spent preparing for the
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expedition the small teams have to have
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extensive briefings by local authorities
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and officials responsible for the
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preservation of the pyramids they are
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getting a lot of very strict
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instructions before they go and Erica
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struggles to pay attention to all of the
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rules with the excitement of a possible
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discovery so close at hand their sole
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mission is to find the small pathway and
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they have to make their way to where the
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entrance is as soon as possible touching
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as little as possible on their way there
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erica can feel how serious they are this
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is a huge discovery but the locals want
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to make sure that they are the only ones
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who come into direct contact with the
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pyramid and anything they find they are
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allowed to carefully search for the
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entrance but have to be careful not to
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destroy or damage anything it sounds
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like a difficult mission but the team
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are confident they are capable of
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completing this task after all careful
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preservation of history is what they
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have been doing their entire careers and
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for this opportunity they are willing to
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do even more they are mostly just very
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excited about this opportunity beside
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Erica all team members have been inside
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pyramids exploring before but never
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found something that wasn't seen many
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times before this was their chance to
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get their names into the history books
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they're determined to find something no
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matter what it takes after a couple days
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of preparing everything as best as
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possible the team is ready to enter the
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pyramid the police have closed off the
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area so that they will not be disturbed
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by locals or unwanted people aiming to
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get in on the expedition everything will
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be carried out according to plan because
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of all the preparation it is relatively
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easy to navigate their way through the
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pyramid the paths they are taking now
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have been well documented and some parts
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are even protected by glass it is all
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going very smoothly so far at least but
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they will soon get to the new section or
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where they believe it to be anyway after
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about an hour of carefully making their
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way through the narrow paths inside the
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pyramids the team makes their way to a
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slightly bigger room located low in the
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pyramid they know exactly where they are
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this room has been mapped out numerous
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times and they were able to look at
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those maps while going over their
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preparations this room holds the
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entrance to the thumb of the pyramid the
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whole reason this structure was erected
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in the first place but according to
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their data this room should also hold
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the entrance to the undiscovered narrow
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path they are looking for they just have
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to be able to locate that entrance and
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very carefully while the rest of the
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team starts carefully searching the room
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Erica can't help but be absolutely
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stunned by everything she is seeing
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around her tears are almost coming to
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her eyes this is everything she ever
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dreamed of and more she could never have
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imagined she'd be standing in the middle
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of a pyramid doing her own expedition
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she starts inspecting the drawings and
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hieroglyphs most of the signs seem to be
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aimed towards their gods asking for safe
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passage for their pharaoh to the
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afterlife but there are some other parts
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that are harder to understand even
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though she spent years learning these
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languages erica is particularly confused
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by one part of the wall which is filled
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with unrecognizable symbols and drawings
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buitt there was so obviously something
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important about it as it would not be in
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this room if it wasn't if only she could
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figure out just what those markings
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actually meant she might find what
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they're looking for there are some old
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vases in front of this part of the wall
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which obstruct Erica's view of the
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bottom part of the wall she has to know
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what is written on the wall and very
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carefully starts moving the vases out of
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the way behind them just might be the
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answers that she's looking for she knows
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that she is supposed to touch as little
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as possible but they were allowed to
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search for the narrow path and she'll
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just say that that's what she was doing
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boot Erica has no idea how true this lie
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would end up being because she can't
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believe what she's about to find with
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the vases moved out of the way a couple
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of symbols are revealed but to Erica's
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surprise she actually recognizes these
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these are not about their gods or their
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pharaoh like most other hieroglyphs in
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the room they actually read like
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instructions and they tell Erica what
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she needs to know in fact they tell her
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what they're all looking for she calls
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out to the team that she's found
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something and everyone hurries over to
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her there is no jealousy in this room no
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one cares who has found something as
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long as there's a clue that will move
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them forward toward the end goal and
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toward whatever it is that awaits them
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the glyphs on the wall tell her and the
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team what they need to do in order to
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move forward and find their path erica
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is sure of it and as the others can over
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them her beliefs are confirmed some of
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them are able to understand a few more
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of the glyphs than she can but nearly
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all of them can read the ones toward the
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bottom the group is ready to get moving
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and follow the instructions in fact they
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can't wait to jump right in and get
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started but going forward might mean
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breaking some of the rules that they
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were given about touching the things in
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the pyramid should they continue on
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since the vases have already been moved
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and they know that this is going to be a
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big deal the group decides to go for it
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they're sure that this is going to be a
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huge find and that they just can't wait
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any longer anyway they know what they're
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doing and they're going to be very
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careful about the entire process