R) You are a little wary of entering the city-state through the main gate. Maybe there is another entrance somewhere else. You see camels and onagers being led by their owners. People and animals alike carry loads of food, wool, wood, copper and tin. You see what look like mounds jutting from the dry ground. It is late afternoon and the sun-god Utu is making the shadows long. An old traveler notices you staring, and says, "Those are the ancient Royal Tombs. Stay far away from them, there is a queen's curse upon those graves if the bones are disturbed."

Do you?

U) ENTER THE TOMBS

V) LOOK FOR A SECRET ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY

START OVER

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