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Chapter 1 lives here.

Summary: Location Challenge Submission! Lois and Clark travel to Egypt to cover a huge archeological discovery that will ultimately debut at the Museum of Metropolis. One of Perry’s oldest friends is on the dig site, and when mysterious things start to happen, he asks for his old friend’s help. Perry’s solution, of course, is to send his best investigative team to get to the bottom of the ‘curse of the mummy’ that is plaguing the dig. But as things heat up in the investigation, things heat up between Lois and Clark, too. No whams in this one, more of an adventure story--an adventure in Egypt, and and adventure of the heart!

A/N: This takes place in season 2. Its best place is likely a couple of episodes after Arianna Carlin wreaks havoc in Madame Ex, but before Mayson complicates things in Church of Metropolis (and certainly before Lex comes back in The Phoenix).

Huge thanks to Mary for coming up with the Location Challenge! I would never have written this (or anything like it) without her prompt.

Enormous thanks to 90stvfangirl who kindly agreed to beta back when this story was supposed to be a sweet little 75 pages.

I’ll add some larger historical notes at the end of the story, since they’re quite spoilery, so perhaps save some of the guessing/correcting until that last chapter (although, this is styled a bit as a whodunnit, so if you’d like to guess the villain of the story, go for it!). Very generally, and without spoilers, you can assume the historical details (about the location and Dr. Weeks) are largely true, and that I built on them to take my own artistic liberties to move the story forward. Dr. Weeks on site at the dig is the only non-fictional person in this story. If Lois and Clark actually change anything directly, that’s likely where the artistic license comes in; chapter 9 is a great example of this, where they accidentally chip the nose off the Sphinx (kidding, kidding! But that sort of thing.). But if you have any questions, I’m happy to answer them. And again, at least 3 pages of historical notes coming along with the epilogue for anyone who’s into that.

Chapter one is just a little tease, but I'll be posting this one every couple of days.

Toto, I have a feeling we aren't in Kansas anymore....

Egypt.

Wow.

That is way off the beaten path. Bring on the next part!

Oh I definitely felt I'd landed in Egypt! Clark revealing in the intensity of the sun gave me tingles and Lois noticing he looked better. I love those kind of details where the facts are not spelled out.

I could practically feel the heat in your description.
I'm looking forward to learning a but of Egyptian history along the way. I know very little about actual archeology but I definitely enjoy stories about it.

OBSESSED! 😍

This sounds really interesting. Can't wait for more.

Egypt, how cool! I used to love reading stories about Ancient Egypt when I was a kid. This is definitely going to be fun. I'm also glad to know the fanfic will be updated every two days ^^

Morgana, thanks so much for reading and being the very first person to comment! That's so nice of you! And yes--far, far from Kansas, indeed! As soon as Mary posted that she was thinking about this, I knew my submission just had to be Egypt. This feels like a place that's been in my head for years, and I think the story is a little bit of a love letter to its history and culture and people.

Idontknowwhatthatmeans5678, thank you so much! And I also love the little details that are more subtle; using Lois' POV makes it a lot easier to play with that kind of thing, were WE all know what's going on, but she doesn't know why she's noticing it. Plus, I find it just comical that he LOVES it and she HATES it.

AmandaK, this story definitely glosses the actual digging/brushing/finding/cataloguing bit because, like Lois, I find it just a wee bit boring (or maybe just boring to describe?) -- but there's tons of ancient and cultural details in here. I was actually worried these first chapters were much too dense because of them.

90stvfangirl, omg, you're the best! SO grateful for your feedback on this story, both in the doc and here. You're such a great sport for reading the whole thing after it tripled in size.

Bakasi, thanks so much for the support! I always appreciate that you always take the time to comment. <3

Peixinho, me too! When I was younger, my favorite book was The Egypt Game. I must have read it 50 times! I hope this scratches the ancient Egypt itch for you!

Also, posting daily now (instead of every two days) to try and get every chapter posted while the polls are still up!

Thanks to everyone who is reading along!

What a gorgeous description of the heat and the desert!! And of our heroes seeing it for the first time!! Fantastic work ❤❤❤ Off to the next chapter I go!

I also love how Clark basked in the sun and heat!

I used to love the heat when I lived in the desert, until it got too much, then I was happy for AC too...

Anna, thanks so much for taking the time to comment! I really tried to catch the vibe in this chapter.

Verity, I'm jealous of that ability to endure the heat. I'm definitely more Lois: all AC all the time, please! Thanks for reading!