The Priest's Sealed Rest

The lid grinds free with a noise like stone teeth, releasing a breath of dust, myrrh, and long-sealed air. Beneath layers of linen lies a withered priest clasping a broken wooden game piece to his chest. Bronze fittings glint among the wrappings, but the real discovery is a hidden compartment beneath the body, where letters, temple records, a signet ring, and a sealed fragment of painted linen have been preserved in surprising detail. As the last slab shifts, a muted click comes from inside the sarcophagus, and the old funerary seal begins to glow with a dull amber light.