A hot desert is all around you. You are sweating heavily. The desert stretches as far as the eye can see in all directions.The desert stretches as far as the eye can see in all directions.It is cooler here at the oasis. The ruins of a building can be Sand has almost covered the building. You are on its roof. The sun shines throughthe hole above you andlights up the room. An old storage room. Several empty boxes lie scattered about. A large but very ugly kitchen. Filthy pots & pans are everywhere.A small food pantry. The Sheik's most expensive foods were An old dining room. A large round table is in the center of An L-shaped hallway. There is a large sign in English on the The bedroom used by the house guards. A few old cots are here.An indoor bathroom. Very unusual for this desert area. A sunkenA small dusty closet. Moth eaten clothes are on the hangers. A sitting room. Very old furniture fills the room. An entrance foyer. The door to the north appears to lead back A very short hallway. You see another room to the south. A meeting room. A large wooden table is in the center of An old deteriorated building is to the south. The desert A long hallway begins here. The dust on the floor has not beenA long hall ends here.The web of a black widow spider partiallyThe intersection of two major hallways. The door to the south The Sheik's bedroom. The furniture here wasonce very extravagant.The Sheik's private treasure room. Empty jewel coffers A guard station. The purpose of this guard station was to The Sheik's private harem. Assorted femalearticles are scatteredThe bedroom used by the Sheik's favorite wife. The furniture An empty room. Very unusual. You see the Sheik's treasure room The Sheik's treasure room. It once held a fortune in jewels. An empty room. Very unusual. You see the Sheik's treasure room Long ago, this was an old wine cellar. Only the best vintage A tunnel passageway which runs east-west. You see a wine cellar The center of the passageway. To the far west you see that The west end of the passageway. A small tunnel is to the west.A very narrow tunnel. It is a tight squeeze,but you are able to The tunnel is very narrow at this point. The dirt falls on you The tunnel is very narrow at this point. The dirt falls on you The tunnel is somewhatwider here, but you still can't stand up. The tunnel is somewhatwider here, but you still can't stand up. A spacious glowing cavern of luminous rock. This was once A winding passage. The corner blocks yourview so you can't see A winding passage. You see a large cave to the east. A very large cave. To the north you see a pit which you could A winding passage. You see a large cave to the west, and a A spacious cavern. Many colorful trinketslitter the ground. The south end of the passage. Pick marks on the walls indicate A primitive pagan worship chamber. The walls here were A burial chamber for slaves. The smell is terrible. You see a A deep cold pit. You can see a large cave high above you. A dead-end chamber. The air smells stale. Your torch is very dimAn east-west chamber. The air is quite thin.You are feeling dizzy.An intersection of chambers. The air is very stale, and it A dead-end chamber. Your torch is consuming precious A dead-end chamber. Your torch is so dim that it is almost out.The final treasure chamber. The Sheik's most valued treasure You see the city of Tanyanga to the north.You have found the A wandering traveler once camped here. A coconut tree offers An oasis with water and trees can be seen to the north. You are lost somewherein the desert. * You are lost somewherein the desert. * seen to the west. To the east you see the remains of a campfire.Through a hole in the roof you can see a small room below. A very dark room lies to the east. There isa door to the west. * * * The smell is terrible.* * once kept here. * * the room. Overturned chairs are scattered around the room. west wall. * * A huge sofa rests on alarge oval rug in the center of the room. tub with Egyptian faucets is in the westcorner of the room. A few old clothes havefallen onto the floor.* * * * outside. * * * * * the room. Strange! There are no chairs here. stretches as far as the eye can see in the other directions. disturbed for ages. A hand painted pictureof the Sheik is here. covers the doorway to the east. * has hinges that appearto be very rusty. * But the place stinks now because everythinghas begun to dry rot. are everywhere. * * stop people from entering the room to the east. about. You realize that many different women once lived here.was once very elegant.There is a door to the east. to the east. There isa door to the west. * However, most of the Sheik's treasures are now gone. to the south. There is a door to the east.* wines were kept here. * * to the south. * * the passageway narrowsto a small tunnel. * A person would have tocrawl once they were inside the tunnel. crawl along. * * when you accidentally touch the sides of the tunnel. when you accidentally touch the sides of the tunnel. You see a shimmer of light to the south. * You see a shimmer of light to the north. * a hiding place for runaway slaves. * what lies ahead. * * * * * jump into. You also see that there is no way to get back out. spacious cavern to the south. * This is a place where slaves would sneek away to and have fun. that this area was originally dug out of the solid earth. built with brick and mortar. * number of large stonesscattered about. * To get back up to the cave, you would need some climbing gear. for lack of oxygen. * * Your torch is startingto flicker badly. * is getting difficult to breathe. * oxygen. The air is extremely thin. * Your head is hurting from a lack of oxygen.* is still here. You see an escape tunnel which leads up. Lost Crown. Your treasures are worth 2.5 million dollars. shade from the sun. To the west is a pool of cool, clear water.
