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.“Jack, this ball of energy is Dunixi Kanelos.He’s been helping me set up the site since you left,” Javi said, stepping from the jeep.“Please, call me Duni.Only my mother and Javi call me Dunixi,” Duni joked.“Duni it is,” Jack nodded agreeably.As the three stepped into the utility trailer, a sea of electronics sat atop a long row of desks that lined the rear wall.“Wow, this is like a military command center,” Jack joked.“The tourist trade has been very generous in fulfilling my needs,” Javi joked further.“Today, I’ll request a cheeseburger for lunch.They’ve already approved it.”“Very generous of those tourists, isn’t it?” Jack teased.“In all seriousness though, Jack, our budget from the Department of Tourism is very generous, especially after learning about the new chamber.I suspect they don’t want our progress… and the potential for greater revenue, slowed due to lack of funding.”“Understandable.If we do find Zeus buried inside that chamber, the flood of tourists to this area will probably double.I’m sure they want to capitalize on that revenue as soon as possible,” he responded.“Jack, have you seen any of the latest images of the corridor and chamber yet?” Duni asked.“Not yet.Javi’s keeping it a secret,” he teased.Pointing to a desk with three computer screens sitting side by side, he motioned for Jack to follow him.“I was just reviewing the data when you guys pulled up.Take a look at the middle screen,” Duni said, now growing excited.On the middle monitor, a gray and white image showed a top view of the pyramid and the surrounding area.Clearly in the center of the pyramid, at an elevation of thirty feet below the base level, a twenty by twenty square appeared lighter than the surround areas.“See the edges of the light-gray shading? That has to be a chamber.The walls and corners are perfectly defined.If it were just an anomaly, one or more walls might not show up or the corners would be distorted and irregular.This square is perfect,” Duni said.Jack nodded, then turned his attention to the monitor on the right.He focused on another gray and white image.“So I’m guessing this image is also from side scan imaging, correct?” he asked, pointing.“Yeah, it shows the chamber as if we’re looking north, thirty feet below the surface,” he replied.Pointing to the monitor on the left, he continued, “That monitor is also a side scanned image, but it shows the view looking east.In essence, if you consider the three images, their data clearly shows a subterranean vault, twenty by twenty by ten feet high.”Javi stepped forward and pointed to the middle monitor.“See anything interesting in this area?” he asked of Jack.Jack focused hard, then smiled.“Well, I don’t have a lot of expertise at reading these things, but if my guess is correct, those darker shadings inside the chamber probably are metallic, correct?”“Gold, Jack! I’m guessing we’ve struck gold,” Duni blurted excitedly.“Now Dunixi, don’t get ahead of yourself here.It could also be iron deposits of some sort too,” Javi responded.“No way.I agree that any one piece of evidence by itself is inconclusive, but the sum of all the parts adds up to only one conclusion: Zeus’ chamber,” Duni replied, his voice nearly cracking with excitement.Jack stepped back from the monitors.He nodded confidently.“Cool… so when do we start digging?” he asked.Duni and Javi looked at each other with disappointment, then back to Jack.“What’s the matter with you two? It’s like I just said a dirty word or something.” He stopped himself and thought about his words.“Oh crap… digging is a dirty word.You guys don’t have any permits to cover the new excavations yet, do you?”“Not yet, Jack.We’ve applied for them, but you know how it is: there’s only so many to go around,” Javi replied in disappointing tone.“What about the funding? If they gave you that, surely they’d want to speed up the process so they could start seeing an influx of tourism, right?”“We’re working that angle too, but the Department of Tourism is slow to respond,” Duni said.“Well, how about if we just speed them up a bit?” Jack said cryptically.“How so?” Javi asked with great curiosity.“Guilt them into approving the permits,” Jack stated with conviction.“I don’t follow you,” Javi responded.“Go public.You’re a big international archeologist with lots of clout.You also know the names of those guys at the D.O.T.You could make a public announcement, claiming that the greatest archeological find since Poseidon has just been discovered.You could also claim that the find is in grave jeopardy due to undermining from the subterranean rivers that could cause a collapse of the chamber and thereby lose the priceless find.Furthermore, you could claim that the DOT isn’t cooperating and could be responsible for such a great loss.”“Jack, that’s just not true.The chamber isn’t in any jeopardy at all.The structure is fine,” Duni responded.“No Dunixi, I think Jack has a point,” Javi said with a sly smile.“Give a long enough timeline, Jacks prediction of a collapse is a certainty.When we make the broadcast, we just won’t tell them that we have ten thousand years before we have to start worrying.”“So you are going to make that broadcast?” Duni asked incredulously.“Sometimes a little persuasion goes a long way,” Javi smiled wryly.----- ----- ----- -----Javi waited in front of the news cameras and fixed his tie.Filming in front of the great pyramid, he prepared to make his broadcast to the world.As the filming lights were turned on, a sound man gave Javi the signal to speak:“Good evening, tonight we stand at the site of the greatest archeological find the world has ever known: Atlantis and the discovery of their great pyramid.Deep inside this massive structure is the tomb of Poseidon.With his body on display in Athens, receiving thousands of visitors each day, and his burial tomb behind me, the world has been blessed with the sight of treasures that stagger the mind.“Today, I would like to announce to the world yet another archeological find of mammoth significance.Today, my team and I have discovered what we believe is the burial tomb of Zeus.”Gasps from spectators could be heard in the background as cameramen moved closer to hear every detail.“As you may know, two golden statues were discovered deep inside the pyramid: one representing Poseidon and the other, Zeus.We believe this to be of significant importance.So far, only Poseidon’s burial chamber has been found.With the discovery of this new chamber, we’re certain that it will contain the body of Zeus
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