Chapter 10 Land of The Kings

That day, Liz, Mel and Darren are trying so hard to observe the sites, before the sunset, Malik and Jan pick them up by using car. At the evening, Jonah comes to meet Mel. They talking each other and go out to buy some food.

Tomorrow morning, Jan, Mel, Liz and Darren go to motorcycle rental office, they rent one person one motorcycle, because from dormitory to their sites is not too far, only ten minutes.

They buy a gasoline and goes by using own motorcycles. Darren leave first, Mel depart half hour later, Jonah meet Mel at the site, then Liz goes to the site that she chose.

Jonah helps Mel at the site of Luxor temple. They find some data of connection between the civilization of sustainability environment related to nile river.

"So how do you feel after live here almost one year?"

"It'a amazing Mel, and my office is in Luxor, but the most important is i meet you here, and i hope you'll here with me"

"But after this finish, i have to go back to report my capstone, maybe i will find job here"

"You just need a little of adaptation"

"So where do you work? and what are you doing here?"

"I work as IT programmer in Al Jazzah company, it's located in Luxor near here, but it's remoted work. You know, i work by laptop so i can do it from my room"

"Great, that's give you flexibility"

"Sure. Thank's God this is near to river, it's very hot here"

"Yeah, the heat likes the sting"

"I am here with Deasy, my young sister and she takes his bachelor degree here"

"At least you're not alone here"

There's seen mysterious man in a car watching them from far away, and then he leave that place. Let's call him Mr.X

Liz is in Karnak temple, she concerns about how to restore ancient statue to keep authentic according to history approachment.

Liz much take photo and measure of the pillar, she enters the temple and concern to find broken or loosing part of inscription. She found a title about restoration repairs on ancient artifacts

She does it all the day, many carved stone has missing part due to the ages and abrassion.

Now goes to Darren, he is at Colossi of Memnon, that place is an ancient field with a pairs of huge statue is sitting on stone chair.

Darren saw some restaurant across that site, so he takes a title how the existence of sites related to economic and tourism aspect in nearby environment.

There is much tourist there, he saw brother and sister, Umar and Fatima, Umar is seaching something around there. He is looking for something around the statue.

"Hey are you lost? or you are looking for something"

"No, we just want to find a clue"

"What's clue?"

"Don't listen to him, Umar is gibberish. I am Fatima"

"Nice to meet you, My name is Darren"

"Nice to meet you too Darren" Umar and Fatima said.

Umar and Fatima goes to restaurant, they are starve.

After sunset, Darren finish his job and buying some local food, he eats some shawarma and eating while look around the statue.

When the night comes, Umar and Fatima come back and bring a map and flashlight, they use it to read a map and lead them to statue, they read inscription was carved on statue.

"So you are treasure hunt huh?" Darren said.

"No, we just try to find what our ancestor has given to us"

Darren approach them and see they has old scroll map,. it's made from papyrus and animal leather on the bottom, but that map was torn into two, they have a half but they don't have the other part.

"It's not like complete map, where is the half?"

"We have no idea about that"

"I believe some people has the other part but they are searching too like us"

"What happend if you find other part or someone has the other part and they get what you have?"

"The complete map is showing us to someplace" Fatima said.

"" Where the place that map lead to?" Darren said.

"We have to far, this conversation is over. Sorry bro we have to keep doing this" Umar said.

They leave Darren and they see the sky, the sky is clear and they can see the stars very easy.

They connect the constellation of stars to what's carved on the map. Darren see them from far and he prepares to go home.

He arrives at dormitory, and few minutes later Liz just come back.

"Why you're going home late?"

"It huge site and wide area" Liz said.

Mel comes out from the room, she just wake up, then Jan comes and asking what they did today.