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“Well, I’ll be,” Brophy said, eyeing the inscription over her shoulder

“This would make for a nice tomb marker” Summer pulled out her phone and snapped several pictures “I’ll see if Max can translate it”

Dirk pointed to the iyptian barque or Byblos boat” He ran the GPR in expanding circles around the stone, then chased Summer out of the hole and dropped the unit into the pit He studied the screen and shook his head “Not seeing anything else in the vicinity”

The clouds overhead began to open up, delivering a handful of sprinkles that grew into a downpour

Brophy gazed skyward “Perhaps the gods are telling us that’s all to be found here”

“Or all that we’re meant to find” Dirk pulled the GPR frorabbed the shovel She refilled the pit, burying all signs of the carvings on the rock

“I’ll notify the university,” Brophy said “This should incite the archeology departh study”

Dirk dragged the GPR back to the car and tossed it into the trunk as the others climbed inside As he hopped into the driver’s seat, Summer checked her phone

“I guess I had a phone signal on the way back Hiraain”

“Pray tell,” Brophy said “What does the inscription say?”

“‘At this place, the Princess from Amarna died in victorious battle,’” Summer said “‘She now rests at Falcon Rock by the sea, for her journey to the Underworld’”

“The Princess from Amarna,” Dirk said

“She died here” Suend is true But she was taken away”

Dirk wiped a bead of rain off his brow “Professor, any idea about this Falcon Rock?”

Brophy shrugged “It’s not a land the coast” He thought a et to Killarney”