Therefore-- you follow me ?--the Jews must have concealed it very cunningly.
Answer me, then: would the Jews, who were always a practical people and not corpse-worshippers like the Egyptians, have taken all that trouble to hide the tomb of their kings unless there were important treasure in it?
Answer me!" "So you expect to find treasure in addition to the lost Book of Chronicles ?" "Certainly I do! The treasure will make the whole proceeding safe.

Let the British have it! The fools will be so blinded by the glamour of gold, that I shall easily extract the things of real value--the invaluable manuscripts! Then let the men who call themselves historians take a back seat!" He rubbed his hands together in anticipation.
"Were you looking for the Tomb of the Kings, then, before the War ?" Grim asked him.
"Not exactly.

Under the Turks it was difficult.

The Turks were beautifully corrupt.

By paying for it I could get permission to excavate on any property owned by Christians.