Havens and Hazards on the River of Life

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Hapi's Havens and Hazards on the River of Life

"O you Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Gods ! You are the four platforms (lit. sanctified reed - rafts) which were laid down; for Osiris when first he came to the Heavens; so that he could float across the sky with his son Horus beside him; so that he (Osiris) could lift him (Horus) up and make him appear as a great God in the sky!

Lay them down for me too!"

(Spell 303 of Coming Forth by Day)

Papyrus of The Aten: The Father of Beginnings

The Celestial City - The Council Spires:

Special meeting of the Oversight "Let no Sparrow Fall " Committee. Single item on the Agenda "Hector Cartier"

'Chi' Division - Hall 23 (0.3 MB/ 7 KB)

Justice Department Armoury (do. same file!)

The Papyrus of Osiris: The Opening of the Mouth

Cairo and the Pyramids - 30° 3' North 31° 15' East

Airport code: CAI.
Time zone GMT +3/2 +7 EST.
Currency: Egyptian Pound (£E) with 100 piastres (Pt) to the Pound.
From Misr El-Qâhira "City of the Triumphant". Largest City in the Arab World (Population: 10 million) For more information get hold of a Tourist Guide for both yourself and later the Players.

The Nile "The Nile is Life. The Nile is All"

Just over 4,000 miles (6671 km) long the Nile stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Abyssinian Highlands and is arguably the longest River in the World but certainly the most historic.

Cairo Institute of Antiquities

No official building or offices seem to exist for this tenuous organisation. Having the appearance of an 'old boy' network of labyrinthine proportions and equally as tenebrous. No matter how hard the Team tries to find its HQ, it's just not there...

Police HQ in Cairo

The Team will be able to find this, it's full of Offices and Officers. Fortunately someone nice from the CIA will come and rescue them and take them out to a really nice restaurant.

Cairo and its Environment a Celestial Tourist Guide (1.6 MB/ 55 KB!)

El- Minya:

A Dusty dreary town on the West bank of the Nile and its Environs. (0.7 MB/ 17 KB)
A burning issue The Mayor's Garage (0.2 MB/ 13 KB)

"Speos Artemidos" Sacred Grotto of Artemis. (in El- Minya File.)

The City of Akhetaten

In its days of a Glory of the Ancient World (0.9 MB/ 16 KB)
Camp Ak-het-aten

A dusty (but not dreary) excavation on the East bank of the Nile. (0.2 MB)
El- Amran

A fictional village on the East bank of the Nile. (0.5 MB/ 38 KB)
Even more dusty and dreary than El- Minya. Its Mosque has an air of Doom and Despair that would chill an Angel's Heart...

The Tomb of Akhenaten A deserted tomb in the desert. (Part of Ak-het-Aten File)

The hidden tomb of the Aten But can the Team find it? Can you? (0.2 MB/ 6 KB)

The Tomb of Ay

A Home from Home for Someone or Thing. (0.1 MB/ 5 KB)
The "Mesketet"

A Home from Home for a Team requiring better things in Life. Provided by their benefactors the Cairo Institute of Antiquities...
Elemental Fortress of Doom (0.5 MB/ 38 KB)

The Underground Sanctum Profanum of a Sorcerous Senior Servitor of Saminga and his:
Elemental Altars

The Papyrus of Isis:Coming Forth by Day

Temple of Thoth (1.0 MB/ 20 KB)

A Sanctum Sanctorum for the Institute of the Ibis
The Temple Tomb of Petosiris (0.2 MB/ 7 KB)

Horace's Secret Laboratory
Bleiderbek Museum of Antiquities

With a private collection (nearly) equal to the Gayer-Anderson Collection Cairo Briefing Document
The Shining Light of Islam

A private hospital in Cairo.

Cairo Capers Arcane Adventures in and around the Capital

The following is an index to the Cairo Briefing Document (1.5 MB/ 53 KB!)

(A selection of genuine locations with arcane addenda!)
El- Azhar University - A bastion of the Faith.
Midan Tahrir - a public expression of Pandemonium.
The Egyptian Museum - for Eldritch/Ethereal Emanations.
El- Borg - The Cairo Tower - unofficial 'Roost' for weary agents of the Divine.
El- Manyal Palace - the setting for decadence and debauch. Then and now!
Khan El- Kahalil- the True Heart of the City.
Bab Zuweila Gate - where the unusual is merely the commonplace.
Rifal Mosque - the modern face of Islam.
The Citadel - its presence (and occupants) have dominated the City since medieval times.
Sultan Hassan Mosque - the traditional face of Islam.
Mosque of El- Hakim the strange side of Islam.
Madrassa of Sultan Berquq where all meet as equals.
Gayer-Anderson House - with nothing of interest to Celestials.
The Old Coptic Quarter (and Celestial
Enclave).
The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops)
Pharaonic Village
The Papyrus Institute of Dr Ragab

Madame Arcati's Tea House (Cairo) Ltd

For the best Earl Grey outside of Alexandria and an idea of the height of that Dark Stranger. (Extract from the Alexandria Briefing Document 0.5 MB/ 18 KB)

Tethers into Saminga's Realm of the Living Dead (0.6 MB/ 16 KB)

Egyptian Extremes:

Travels and Travails at the Four Pillars of the Old Faith

North: The Pillar of Imsety

Alexandria (El-Iskandarîya) a pearl at the Mouth of Corruption!

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Madame Arcati's Divine Tea House For the best Earl Grey outside of London and the exact height of that Dark Stranger. The original (and best!) After Hours "Café Rene" secret meeting place of "La Résistant" (Location in Alexandria File)
The Catacombs of Kom El-Shuqafa damp, dark and deep underground. (Do.)
The Underdepths Even damper , darker and deeper! (0.2 MB/ 22 KB)
The Temple of Poseidon and Aphrodite and the Pillar of Water (Location in Underdepths File)

West: The Pillar of Duamutef (0.8 MB /45KB)

The Oasis at Siwa (Wãhãt Siwah) A small piece of Heaven in a burning Hell (0.2 MB /7KB)

Hotel Az-Sanusi antiquated, down at heel but open all hours! (Location in Duamutef File)
Hammum Lethe - a relaxing time where you can just let it all go! (Location in Duamutef File)
Az-Zeytün - A village under the shadow of a Volcano (0.2 MB /7KB)
Villa Caldoro - notorious for its Barbecue parties (0.5 MB /22KB)

The Great Sand Sea of Calanscio (0.4 MB /11KB)
Wãhãt Jalu and the Holy Village of Al-Jaghbub (Libya!) (Ibid.)
The Tomb of El-Iskander and the Pillar of Fire (0.2 MB /16KB)

South: The Pillar of Hepi. (1.0 MB /52KB)

Lake Tana, Ethiopia The source of Undeath on the Nile. (0.2 MB /8KB)

Bahir Dar A former refuge from insanity. (See Lake Tana above.)
Tisisat Falls a damned lava barrier. (Location in Hepi File)
Gonder: The peak of Ras Dashen and The Pillar of Earth. (See Lake Tana above.)
The Villa of Doctor Ohweh Scenes from the madhouse (Location in Hepi File)
The Halls of the Mountain King (0.3 MB /14KB)

East: The Pillar of Qebehsnewef

St. Katherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai) and the only piece (peace) of Heaven in the area (0.6 MB /17KB)

The Papyrus of Horus: The Book of Breathings

The Temple of Isis at Philae/Agikila (0.4 MB/ 11KB)

Sacred site dating back to the birth of Civilisation.

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