Tadeo Jones
In 1920 I was asked to explore an ancient Egyptian tomb which was believed to be the tomb of the pharaoh of ancient Egypt. I immediately said yes because I wanted to be the person who discovered all the secrets to the ancient world.
When I arrived in Egypt I was told to go to Cairo. As soon as I arrived in Cairo I saw an excavation site and asked if this was the tomb. They said that they think this tomb belongs to Cleopatra. I was astonished even at the thought of exploring Cleopatra’s tomb.
I told them that my name is Tadeo Jones and that I was asked to explore this tomb. 2 days later I brought all of my exploring equipment and I was ready to go. When the people told me that it was stable enough inside for me to start uncovering Egypt’s secrets.
At 6:00 in the morning I started a live video with a camera strapped to my chest. By this point you’re probably thinking just get on with the exploring so here we go. Crash!! A loud bang came from inside the tomb. I instantly moved towards the sound and what I saw made me have a happiness attack. I was 99.9 percent sure that I had found Cleopatra.
I was as happy as a kid that got his favourite toy for christmas. I thought that maybe this could have been a sliding door. I tried everything to open it but nothing worked until I saw a hole that looked like it would fit an ancient Egyptian coin so I started looking around the area and after about 10 minutes I still hadn’t found it. I decided to use my pocket knife and surprisingly it worked.
Cleopatra’s statue lifted up and revealed a secret passage. AS soon as I had my stuff I went down the passage and ended up in a hallway full of mummy statues holding torches. Beside me there was an opening in the wall. To me it looked like a switch. I pressed into the opening and it lit up all of the torches in the hallway. I threw my lamp to the ground and I went down the hallway.
To my astonishment, at the end of the hallway there was a huge room with a wall of hieroglyphs and there were ancient Egyptian markings on what was believed to be the real pharaohs of ancient Egypt. In the room there was so much treasure that it was nearly impossible to walk without stepping on treasure so i picked up treasure and put it into my bag and while i did that a path was uncovered. On the wall of hieroglyphs there was a picture of a wall and a handle that could be turned. Conveniently, there was a handle that looked exactly the same as the hieroglyphs on the wall. I started turning the handle and the wall of hieroglyphs lifted up and revealed a massive pile of gold coins and diamonds and rubies and emeralds. I continued to turn the handle but when I let go of the handle the wall closed rapidly. I turned the handle again and it was the same as last time when I let go of the handle the wall dropped. I didn’t know at the time, but when I turned the handle, as well as the wall lifting up, the pharaoh coffins opened up as well. As I said, I didn’t know that at the time so I kept turning the handle and while I was trying to reach the treasure the smallest coffin opened wide enough for the mummy to get out.
I was trying to reach the treasure and a baby wrapped in tape which looked like the tape Egyptians used to wrap mummies was stealing the treasure behind the wall. I was so shocked I couldn’t believe my eye’s, but surprisingly it was very real. Without thinking I snatched the treasure out of the baby’s hands and ran for my life. Alongside with the baby, 1 other coffin had opened and this one was much, much bigger. I immediately got nervous because the coffin was open and empty!. I didn’t stop to think about it and I kept on running. When I reached the hallway I came in from, The big mummy pounced at me. I dodged it and ran the other direction. The baby mummy flicked a lever and huge wooden poles started shooting out of the wall.
There were a few times where I nearly got squashed but I managed to find another hallway and I was lucky I did because all of the other hallways were on the other side of the treasure room. When I reached the end of the hallway I was running so fast that I barely had time to stop, unluckily there was a pit of lava right at the end of the hallway and I didn’t know so I got scared when I saw the lava right in front of me. I had too much momentum so I couldn’t stop in time. I shut my eyes and prayed that I wouldn’t fall, but then I remembered something, on the top corner of the wall of hieroglyphs there was a picture of a lava pit and an invisible bridge so I thought that maybe this was what it was showing. I was expecting a really bad burn on myself but surprisingly I felt rock?
I opened my eyes and even though I felt rock I didn’t see rock, I saw the pit of lava directly under my feet. I thought I was in a dream but I heard the big mummy roaring and the sound was getting closer and faster. The invisible bridge saved my life and I was sure hoping it would do it again. I ran across the bridge and on the other side there was a cave that carried on through the tomb. I sprinted through and at about halfway down the tunnel the big mummy jumped on me and I fell into a secret room where the mummy’s couldn’t find me. I thought that I would be safe for now.
While I was listening to the mummy’s fail to get inside, I also looked around this room and behind me there was a rope that was tied to a rock at the top of what looked to be a lift shaft? I tugged the rope and an elevator came down. I stepped onto the lift and pushed the rope the opposite way. After what seemed like 5 hours, I finally reached the top. At the top there was another hallway. Without thinking I sprinted down the path and in the distance I heard roaring, the type of roaring that the mummy’s would make. I continued to run down the hallway and I tripped on something and got knocked out. I felt dizzy and weak.
It was faint but I saw a cable car at the end of the hallway. I crawled towards the door of the cable car and climbed inside. Strangely, the roaring of the mummies stopped. It was weird but still I guess it’s a good thing. When the cable car started moving I thought, hmm why would there be a cable car in the tomb of the pharaoh. 2 minutes after the cable car started, I felt like I was being pulled along the ground. I woke up to a mummy dragging me and sandstone handcuffs around my arms and legs, I was being held prisoner by the pharaohs of Egypt!
I used my mouth to hold my camera and I said to the camera “Until next time fellow viewers this is the end of my tomb exploration”.
Tadeo Jones.