The pyramids of Cheops and Chephren on the Giza Plateau.

PROLOGUE

In the year of 1922, beneath the pyramid of Chephren on the Giza Plateau, lay a hidden chamber. Fine sand fell from above catching in the cracks of the embossed hieroglypyhs on the sandstone wall. Pounding feet and excited noises overhead caused the crack in the tomb's side to grow larger. A beam of sunlight slid through the hole and its golden rays lit up the colours on the sarcophagus, highlighting a royal cartouche spelling out the symbols, Melanari. The gold wax melted in the sun, slipping down to the sandy floor, revealing another cartouche beneath.


A vehicle passed overhead, its engine's sounds reverberating throughout the tomb's interior. Four canopic jars of viscera shook unsteadily on a small dais. The dais toppled over shattering the jars and their contents. The organs within crumbled to dust and were caught up in a breezy whirlwind along the floor. They settled around the white sarcophagus covered in gold and painted with colourful hieroglyphs and graphics. The image painted on the surface suggested a noble person was within.
The ray of sunlight passed over a cartouche on the wall, written with a message underneath, before withdrawing into sunset. The message read: "BEWARE: All those who enter Princess Melanari's Royal Tomb. The curse of the Princess will be placed upon all those who enter."

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