‘That is not the resting place of Darius the Great. I realized when we left the palace,’ I replied. ‘I've been on the wrong track all this time. The papyrus documents contained the royal seal because it is the governor of the city who is buried there. The only thing we achieved from the excavation was to discover the remains of Persepolis.
As we arrived at Rashid's house, his wife ran out to embrace him, thinking he had died. He told her the whole story and that we had to leave as soon as possible.
‘The area is full of caves where we can hide,’ he said when we had restocked the horses’ saddlebags at the back of his house with food. ‘There are hundreds of places in these mountains.’
‘Good idea, Rashid. We will hide while we continue searching for the true tomb of Darius the Great.’
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