"Tales of tomorrow..." "The tomb of king Taurus." "Starring Walter Abel with Charles Nolty and Richard Purdy." "Don't you ever get tired of looking at that temple, doc?" "Quincy, I've been looking for you all morning." "Have you finished translating those new tablets yet?" "No, not yet, I haven't had time." "But Jay brought them up yesterday evening, what's holding you up?" "If you really want to know, I'm sick!" "I can't even concentrate anymore!" "I want to go back to Cairo and the sooner the better." "Are you starting that again?" "Look, all morning I've been on top of steep cliffs trying to locate the camel train that should have returned for us long ago." "It's been a month since it passed through, no new supplies, no word from the museum, nothing." "We have enough food for two months, and we've got an oasis that will never run dry." "We're going to be alright." "You know what I think?" "I think they've forgotten us." "They'll be back." "The sandstorms held them up, that's all." "Another thing." "Maybe they've passed us by already." "Why couldn't they have gotten here during one of the sandstorms when our tent was down?" "We're down in that temple all day!" "They could have come and gone and we'd never know it." "We're too busy hunting a mummy." "Quincy, you never thought much of this expedition from the start." "But as long as I'm in charge you're going to obey orders and stop griping!" "An expedition, that's a laugh!" "Three men:" "Logan, a broken down excavator with all brawn and no brains, you, washed up archaeologist who'se been digging for the same dream for 8 years, and me, a hieroglyphics man who never wanted this assignment in the first place!" "Alright, Quincy, alright." "It isn't easy for any of us, I know." "Especially, it isn't easy for me." "For 8 years I've been searching, knowing that underneath me, somewhere, the greatest ruler the Egyptian empire ever knew is lying in all his splendour, exactly as he was the day they buried him, 4,000 years ago." "Doctor Allen, why don't you give it up, we've been looking for 5 months, the tomb isn't here, you'll never find it." "No, no, I've got to find it this time." "This may be my last chance." "I'm not getting any younger." "If I don't succeed this time, the museum will probably put me on the shelf with the rest of the relics." "I've got to find it this time!" "Okay, doc." "Okay." "I'll try to stick it out a few more weeks." "Maybe we'll be lucky." " Doctor Allen?" " Yes, Jay?" " Can you hear me, doctor?" " Yes." "Doc, listen, I think I found something new." "I was exploring the cellar in the north wing of the temple when part of the floor gave way." "I slipped into a kind of stairwell that leads into a basement." "Looks like an antechamber before a vault." "Stay where you are, we'll be right down." "Doc, listen, better bring more tools, this looks like a tough one." "And if Quincy is still afraid of the dark, tell him to bring an extra lamp." "We're going to be down here a long time." "Right, Jay." "We'll be right down!" "A new level!" "I've got a good feeling this time." "Wait, wait a minute, what about the camel train?" "One of us should remain above in case it comes through, just in case..." "There isn't time." "I'll bring these tools, you bring that shovel and the lamp." "Now hurry." "Jay!" "Jay!" "Where are you?" "Down here doc." "Just follow the sound of my voice." "Boy if this isn't the tomb of king Taurus" "I never want to see another blond in a bathing suit." "Beautiful." "Careful." "The steps are narrow." "Magnificent!" "Right beneath our feet all the time." "My foot slipped, some rock broke lose, and first thing you know, I'm down here." "I'm looking up its ass." "What do you make it out to be, doc?" "The great god Seth." "The Egyptians believed that he controlled all life and even life after death." "They placed him only before..." "the tombs of their greatest pharaohs." "Gee, that almost proves you're right." "We'll soon find out." "Quincy?" " Yeah?" "Come over here and start deciphering, come on." "But I think one of us should remain above, the camel train may pass through, they..." "Oh, what's the matter little boy?" "You afraid to be left behind?" "Oh, shut up, I've been taking your bullying for the last five months." "and I'm sick of it." " I'm hearing you moan just as long!" "Please!" "Now I know this may not mean much to either one of you but to me it may be the greatest moment in my life." "I ask you to forget your differences, let's work together." "Come on now, Quincy, start deciphering the inscription." "Okay..." "Doc?" "?" "At last!" "What does the inscription say?" "Well it says:" "Here sleeps king Taurus, mightiest of pharaohs, master of the sea, and ruler of the stars." "That none transgress." "He who disturbs this vault, shall look upon the forbidden, and carry a curse, forever." "How is it coming, Jay?" "Not even making a dent." "I don't know, this stuff is toughter than granite." "Keep trying, just keep remembering what's inside." "Doctor Allen, we've been down here over four hours," "I think one of us should go back up." "What's the matter Quincy, that inscription make you chicken?" "He who disturbs the vault will look upon the forbidden and carry a curse forever." "I told you to lay off." "Quincy, is that why you don't want to stay down here?" "Afraid to go inside, Quincy?" "Yes, if you really want to know, I know about these Egyptian curses." "How do we know what's beyond that door, sealed in there with the dead?" "Rubbish." "That inscription was written 4,00 years ago." "I don't belong down here in the first place." "I was to do the translation and nothing more." "You want me to hold your hand when we go in, Quincy?" "Oh, shut up!" "Shut up!" "I know all about you!" "The museum will be interested in learning you've had a prison record if we ever get back." "So you're the one that's been going through my things." "Why, you..." " Jay, Quincy, stop it!" "Stop it!" "Stop, wait!" "Wait." "Whatever you moved, released that door." "Jay, the lamp." " Here." "I'm going in." "After 8 years..." "The jackpot!" "I can't believe it." "It's not possible!" "Wait!" "Wait, we haven't found the sarcophagus." "Where's the mummy?" " There!" "There it is, over there." "We'll open it immediately." "Help me to move the cover." "Doctor Allen, maybe we should wait..." "Come on, give us a hand." "It's moving." "It's moving, I can feel it." "There, now give it to me." "Watch it, doc." "The mummy of king Taurus." "What do you say, doc?" "Shall we see how he looks after 4,000 years?" "Stop it, are you out of your mind?" "He's alive, I saw it, right in front of me, blinking, a mummy 4,000 years old..." "Do you realise what you have done?" "He's in pain." "I think the bullet's must have hurt him." "Look, his head's screwing around as if he were searching for something." "Let's get him out of the casket." "Quincy, give us some light." "Come on, Jay." "I can hear a faint hearbeat, but it's very faint." "If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I..." "It's incredible." "Doctor Allen, let's seal this tomb and never come back here." "How could he survive?" "Whatever it was kept him alive, must still be in this tomb." "We've got to find it." "Quickly!" "Jay, Jay, listen." "Tell him, tell him we shouldn't stay here." "Tell him we should..." "It's best to notify the Egyptian police." " Hey doc?" " Yes?" " I think the mummy's dead." " No..." " Whatever kept him alive has failed him." "Well, what did you want me to do?" "He was alive!" "Do you realize what this might have meant?" "Well don't put the blame on me, I didn't want to come here in the first place." "This tomb's cursed, let's leave here while we can!" "No, that's out." "We're gonna examine every item in this tomb and make a record of it." "But most important:" "We're going to find out how a king buried 2200 B.C. could stay alive 4,000 years." "What do you think, doc?" "I have a theory, maybe farfetched but it's possible." "King Taurus was the ruler of the greatest civilization Egypt has ever known." "Its scientific and cultural advances were far beyond their time." "Meaning what?" "Meaning, that king Taurus was attended by probably the greatest scientific minds." "Somehow, they found a method of prolonging life." "Probably they gave him a serum, or an herb, which preserved him in this state of animation." "But doc, that sounds crazy." "He was alive." "We all saw it." "Somehow he lived in this coffin." "Doc, doc." "For the last time will you listen to me, we've no right to disturn this tomb." "You've had the satisfaction of finding it, now leave it to the Egyptian authorities, please!" "You don't realize what this means to me." "At the museum I was regarded as slightly overimaginative." "They said there was no such thing as a king Taurus, that there never was any such dynasty." "Well I've proved them wrong!" "This is the greatest find since king Tutanchamun." "And I did it." " Doc, quickly!" "I think I may have found something." " What?" "Look." "See this cover for the coffin." "There's a hole right here at the mouth." "It was right over the mummy's head." "Maybe that's how he kept alive." "Do you remember he was looking upward, after the bullet struck?" " Yeah." " Maybe he was looking for that opening." "But where does it lead?" "There!" "That thing up there, look!" "Hey, there's writing here." " Yes." "Whatever is in that case is the food that kept king Taurus alive." " Let's get to it!" " No." "First we find out what that inscription means." "Then we'll investigate." "Quincy, will you help us?" "Yes, yes if I can leave after the translation..." "Anything!" "Only tell us what is in that case." " Well I" " What is it man?" " It's a hi" " Give me that!" "Within lies the elixir of life, the fluid preventing all agonies of death." "Given to Taurus, mightiest of pharaos, so that he reigns eternally." "Yes this warning:" "He who drinks of this herb in violation, shall suffer agonies no mortal should know." "An elixir of life!" "He'll be able to live forever!" "See civilizations rise and fall..." "All the things to do..." "To have everything you ever wanted." "Look, Quincy's bullet must have ricoched up here." "This vial's cracked, the stuff's leaking out..." "Wait!" "First we must decide what to do with it." "But doc, there's only a little bit left!" "One of us must have it." "You wouldn't have known about this if it weren't for my translations." "Don't forget it was I who unlocked the tomb." "That's a joke!" "A couple of minutes ago you wanted out of here, well now is your chance, Quincy." "Why don't you go, we don't need you anymore." "Look I'll make a bargain with you, give it to me, and you two can split the other..." " The answer is no." "Now let's get one thing straight:" "I was the one that first found this tomb." "And it was me who first spotted the casket." "And the tube to the vial." "If anybody gets to drink this stuff it's gonna to be me." " Jay, don't be a fool!" " Well try and stop me." "I'm the boy that's gonna live forever." "I warn you Logan!" "Don't touch that vial." " Put that gun down!" " Don't touch that vial, Logan." " You haven't the guts." " This is your last warning." "Alright, Quincy." "Alright..." "Go on." "You forget to find out why I served a prison term, Quincy?" "It was for trying to kill a man with my bare hands." "Any question about who gets that stuff doc?" " None whatsoever." " Put that gun down, doc." "While we stand here arguing that stuff's dripping away." "Quincy was a troublemaker, you and I can settle this thing, we'll split that stuff." "We don't know anything about that fluid, maybe there isn't enough for even one." "I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll make a deal with you." "You take most of it, just leave me a few drops." " I can't take a chance." " Just a couple of drops!" " You're wasting your breath!" " (?" ")" " Get out of my way." "Move!" " Okay doc!" "You forget the curse, doc." "When you took that vial you released that spring." "The door is closing." " No!" " The tomb must be sealed again." " No, this can't happen now!" "No!" "Hey, help me please!" "Hey!" "Help!" "Please no!" "Not now!" "Not now..." "My life is just beginning!" "I'm going to live forever!" "I'm gonna live forever!" "No!" "No..." "The preceding program, originally telecast by ABC in New York, has come to you by special video recording."