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“They’re going to kill hiot to find help”

“There’s no tie, and the saet there and back”

“What do you propose we do?”

Dirk stared at the dead antiquities agent, who’d worn a holstered pistol The three gunether above the trench, dust blowing at their feet

Dirk turned to his sister “We’ll have to ”

“What’s that?”

He motioned toward the scene “Can you drive a front-end loader?”

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Blood dribbled down Stanley’s cheek, but he remained unfazed by the assault He stood tall and stoic as the interrogator bombarded him with questions

“I don’t know of any tombs The royal tombs of Amarna are all in the wadi, east of here Any tombs in the city were for coo”

“What of the tounman barely concealed his impatience

“Pure speculation,” Stanley said “We’ve uncovered a workboat and an offering table, that’s all They ht not It seems unlikely If there is a tomb, it could take weeks, or months, to find”

“Where would you look?”

Stanley eyed the offering table, then stared at the ground Shifting his feet, he waved an arm toward the other side of the excavation

“Perhaps over there That area between the boat and the North Riverside Palace At one time there was probably an important residence there”