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The Devil is in the Detail
El Beheira Desert, Egypt 1963
“This will be very interesting, Peter, I’m sure of it.”
Peter Samuels looked at his Uncle John and suppressed a snigger.
Interesting? No, uncle, it won’t. It will be the same dull casket as before,
full of sand.
The day had started out as any other. It was another sweltering day in the
El Beheira Desert in Egypt, on his uncle’s archaeological dig. Sunny skies
and rising temperatures threatened a cauldron of heat inside the chamber. If
it hadn’t been for the punkhawallahs his uncle had employed to continually
fan the air in the chamber, it would have been too hot to bear.
As with all these things, the whole business was an unreserved bore.
Peter Samuels didn’t hate it, but he had friends back in London and it was
currently the fab place to be. The Beatles had brought glamour and
excitement to London, and he was young enough, only just turned twentyone, and rich enough to enjoy it.
But no, his father had insisted he go with his uncle and ‘dig a few fossils
up, get an education and see what you want to do with your life.’ He already
knew what he wanted to do with his life, get drunk, get laid and get high,
not necessarily in that order.
Peter’s uncle John walked ahead of him, down the low shaft that led to
the face of the tomb his uncle’s diggers had uncovered. Babu, the digger’s
foreman, walked behind, alongside Peter. Peter and the older Babu had
formed a close working relationship. They enjoyed each other’s company
and Peter had learned a lot from his new tutor.
The Egyptian desert heat was stifling, despite the punkawallahs sterling
attempts to keep the air moving, only giving them a limited relief.
“I don’t know how you stand it, Babu. This heat and all the clothes your
diggers wear.”
“Master Peter, you should try wearing our rags sometime. They dissipate
a lot of the heat. I will teach you how to wear our clothing at the next dig.”
Peter smiled down at Babu. “Do you think there will be another dig?”
Babu smiled a crooked smile, his toothless grin belying a mischievous
youngster in an old man’s body. “Oh yes, at least one more. This I know
from experience.”
“I see one of your assistants is a woman. Isn’t that forbidden, or at least
unusual?”
“You are observant, Master Peter. She is a good worker. But not
Egyptian. She has the mark of the Shaman about her. She brings us luck.”
Peter looked to his right, and just behind. Sure enough, the young woman
was looking in his direction. Her head was hidden by the hood from her
cloak, but her face was partially uncovered. Peter caught a glimpse of long
auburn hair and an intensity in her eyes. Moments passed and Peter was
entranced.
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