Mystery – November 4

“When Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand in suspense any longer, inquired anxiously ‘Can you see anything?’, it was all I could do to get out the words ‘Yes, wonderful things’.”
– Howard Carter, shortly after his expedition’s water carrier stumbled over steps leading to the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s burial chambers on this date in 1922.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist stumbles over a clue leading to a wonderful discovery.

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