1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:11,336 Racing past the market, Vinnie followed Akhom down some stairs. 2 00:00:11,337 --> 00:00:16,012 The chamber below was cool and the air smelled strange. 3 00:00:16,013 --> 00:00:19,415 “Stay right here and wait for me,” Akhom whispered. 4 00:00:19,416 --> 00:00:22,408 Akhom left to look for his father. 5 00:00:22,409 --> 00:00:27,736 “We’re going to see a real mummy, Mandy!” cried Vinnie. 6 00:00:27,737 --> 00:00:30,479 He turned around to speak to Mandy. 7 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,347 But Mandy was nowhere to be seen. 8 00:00:34,348 --> 00:00:39,270 In a panic, Vinnie left his spot and walked down a dark hallway. 9 00:00:39,271 --> 00:00:44,043 He needed Akhom to help find his sister. 10 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:48,813 When he heard voices coming from a room, he looked in. 11 00:00:48,814 --> 00:00:53,556 Three men were standing over a body on a flat table. 12 00:00:53,557 --> 00:00:57,579 One of the older men spoke to the youngest person. 13 00:00:57,580 --> 00:01:02,620 Vinnie guessed this must be Akhom’s brother, Tau. 14 00:01:02,621 --> 00:01:06,404 “Tau, please explain what we are going to do.” 15 00:01:06,405 --> 00:01:13,826 Tau replied, “First we will remove the organs.” He gulped. 16 00:01:13,827 --> 00:01:17,091 “Then we put them in the clay jars.” 17 00:01:17,092 --> 00:01:20,809 He pointed to the jars standing against the wall. 18 00:01:20,810 --> 00:01:23,784 “Then what do we do with the natron?” 19 00:01:23,785 --> 00:01:26,788 The man pointed to a large jar. 20 00:01:26,789 --> 00:01:30,681 It was filled with white powder that looked like salt. 21 00:01:30,682 --> 00:01:34,948 “Put it inside and outside the body,” replied Tau. 22 00:01:34,949 --> 00:01:37,218 “Why?” the man asked. 23 00:01:37,219 --> 00:01:42,079 “So the body won’t spoil while it dries up,” explained Tau. 24 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,756 “When can we wrap it in linen bandages?” asked the man. 25 00:01:46,757 --> 00:01:49,822 Tau swallowed before answering. 26 00:01:49,823 --> 00:01:52,339 “In forty days, Father.” 27 00:01:52,340 --> 00:01:55,949 “Whoa,” Vinnie said under his breath. 28 00:01:55,950 --> 00:02:00,557 “So that’s how to make a mummy!” 29 00:02:00,558 --> 00:02:04,808 Suddenly, a cold hand touched his arm. 30 00:02:04,809 --> 00:02:06,598 “What are you doing here?” 31 00:02:06,599 --> 00:02:09,090 Akhom whispered angrily. 32 00:02:09,091 --> 00:02:12,144 He pulled Vinnie away from the room. 33 00:02:12,145 --> 00:02:17,210 When they were in the hallway, Vinnie told him about losing Mandy. 34 00:02:17,211 --> 00:02:20,537 “We have to find her,” he said urgently. 35 00:02:20,538 --> 00:02:23,363 “Let’s go, then,” Akhom said. 36 00:02:23,364 --> 00:02:27,007 “When you grow up, do you have to learn that too?” 37 00:02:27,008 --> 00:02:29,950 Vinnie asked, pointing behind him. 38 00:02:29,951 --> 00:02:33,344 “Yes, I must,” replied Akhom. 39 00:02:33,345 --> 00:02:35,499 “My father is an embalmer. 40 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:38,807 So my brothers and I will be embalmers too.” 41 00:02:38,808 --> 00:02:42,570 Vinnie was glad his dad was an architect. 42 00:02:42,571 --> 00:02:48,343 Meanwhile at the village market, Mandy was wishing she had followed Vinnie. 43 00:02:48,344 --> 00:02:51,229 The fruit seller tried to grab her. 44 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:55,907 Near her, several men walked in a long line. 45 00:02:55,908 --> 00:03:00,574 Each carried a large bundle of long green sticks on their backs. 46 00:03:00,575 --> 00:03:05,535 Mandy ran into their line, hidden by the men and their bundles. 47 00:03:05,536 --> 00:03:09,070 “Stop! Thief!” yelled the old man. 48 00:03:09,071 --> 00:03:12,969 “I’m very sorry!” Mandy called back. 49 00:03:12,970 --> 00:03:19,560 But she walked with the men and their reeds, hidden from her pursuer. 50 00:03:19,561 --> 00:03:21,957 The man in front of her laughed. 51 00:03:21,958 --> 00:03:23,681 “What did you steal?” 52 00:03:23,682 --> 00:03:26,338 “Nothing,” she replied. 53 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:28,679 She changed the subject. 54 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:30,803 “What are you carrying?” 55 00:03:30,804 --> 00:03:34,418 “Papyrus reeds, of course,” he answered. 56 00:03:34,419 --> 00:03:36,638 “We’re going to the workshop now.” 57 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:41,286 “What do you make with papyrus?” Mandy asked. 58 00:03:41,287 --> 00:03:44,026 The man looked at her strangely. 59 00:03:44,027 --> 00:03:47,561 “Papyrus is used to make paper and other things. 60 00:03:47,562 --> 00:03:50,638 Surely you know that,” he said. 61 00:03:50,639 --> 00:03:56,622 She quickly responded, “I mean, what are you going to make with that papyrus?” 62 00:03:56,623 --> 00:04:01,107 “Come join us and see,” said the friendly man.