The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines Page #3

Well, I hope you know how rare this is.

Emblema mosaic, Roman, circa 40 A.D.

50 A.D., not 40.

50 A.D. Right. That's what I meant.

I get confused. I was

recently hit on the head.

Hmm. Who are you? What do you want?

My name is Flynn Carson. I'm

with the Geological Institute.

We're doing a soil survey in the region.

You seem awfully familiar with

Roman artifacts for a geologist.

It's a hobby of mine.

This is a private dig, Mr. Carson.

I'm afraid your survey

will have to wait.

That's okay.

I don't mind waiting.

Okay. I do mind waiting.

Computer imaging.

High-resolution digital photography.

This is a very impressive

setup you have here, Miss...

Davenport. Emily Davenport.

What exactly are you looking for?

If you don't mind me asking.

Evidence to prove that this area

was once ruled by the Queen of Sheba.

Queen of Sheba?

As in King Solomon's wife

from the Old Testament.

That's the one.

But I thought that

her reign only extended

to parts of southern Arabia.

Well, I'm going to prove otherwise.

Excuse me.

Have you found anything?

A Roman antechamber

in the southwest grid.

What about something unusual?

Like, say, for example, something

that could be used to read a map.

You're the second person

to ask me that today.

Somebody else was here? Yes.

And they were snooping

around rather like you are.

Wow. Two people in the same

day. That's quite a coincidence.

Where did you say you were from again?

I'm from the Geological Institute.

So you must know John Binder over there.

Tell me, how's old

John doing these days?

Very good. It's a trick question.

There is no John Binder.

He's the Head of the Institute. Damn.

I knew it. You're here to steal my dig.

Uh, no.

Who sent you?

Was it Pierre Buboul from the Sorbonne?

Yes. Yes.

You tell Pierre and his vultures...

Now get off my site

before I call security.

If I could just have

a minute of your time...

Turito. Yes?

Turito, it's okay. I'm going. I'm going.

You don't give up, do you?

You scared the hell out of me.

What, do you sleep in here?

This is a permit with my name on it.

It means I can have you

arrested for trespassing.

And, believe me, you don't want to

spend the night in a Moroccan jail.

Look, Miss Davenport.

Professor Davenport.

I'm sorry I lied to you.

But I'm not here to steal your dig.

Then what are you here to do?

It's a little hard to explain.

Try me.

I'm looking for a map legend

that will help me decipher a

map to King Solomon's Mines.

You should have stuck

with your geologist story.

It was much more believable.

I'm telling you the truth.

And the map also tells you the location

of Atlantis and Never-Never Land, too?

What are you doing?

I'm looking for a secret lever.

You see, the Romans often

built secret chambers

into their architecture

to hide their valuables.

I know all about Roman

architecture, thank you very much.

There are no secret chambers here.

There's always a secret chamber.

Big words coming from a guy who thought

the mosaic piece was from 40 A.D.

Oh, look. A secret chamber.

Do you know where you're standing?

Claudius Ptolemy's tomb.

The father of geometry and astronomy.

Makes sense, really. If

you want to find a map,

find a mapmaker.

Look at this.

That is a reproduction

of Ptolemy's famous atlas.

You see, Ptolemy was

among the first to theorize

that the Earth was actually spherical.

Look at the top and bottom of the globe.

The alignment of the

continents is all wrong.

Just as I suspected.

Oh, look at these symbols.

Is that Hebrew? No, it's not Hebrew.

Early Sumerian, maybe.

It easily predates

Ptolemy by 1,000 years.

It's odd. I've never

seen that symbol before.

I have.

The map legend must not leave the tomb.

Well, can we talk about this?

The legend is not yours to keep.

We weren't-- we

weren't gonna keep it.

Speak for yourself. This

is my dig. I have a permit.

Now you die.

A little help. Emily.

Alakazam!

The Order.

What just happened?

Amulet?

The Order of the Cryptic Masons.

You are one of us. Brother.

Long have the descendants

of the original 24

protected the secrets of Solomon.

From Mason to Mason, the

secret shall be passed.

The map legend is yours.

God be with you.

I think we'd better be going.

We got to go. We got to go.

That way.

Wait.

The other half of the map legend

is in Kenya near the Gedi Province.

Journey between the Breasts of Sheba

and you will find it

with the All-seeing Eye.

Now, go.

Do you know where this leads?

I thought you knew.

Hey, look, an aqueduct.

You see, the Romans often built...

Enough with the history

lessons. I know what it is.

It's all dried out.

There's moss growing inside.

It's probably slippery enough,

and I think gravity will take us.

I knew I was going

to regret meeting you.

Can you give us a ride into town?

The American got away.

With the map piece.

Find them.

Those men back there are looking

for King Solomon's Mines also?

Yeah. And a book called

the Key of Solomon.

Well, if we want to get a jump on them,

we'd better get going to Kenya.

What?

The other piece of the map legend

is somewhere in the Gedi in Kenya.

You don't even believe

in King Solomon's Mines.

That map legend is over 3,000 years old.

The university will fund my dig

for another 10 years if I

bring them more of the same.

I'm coming with you,

Flynn. I don't need you.

You need me to decipher

the markings on the legend.

I don't mean to brag, but I'm pretty

good at deciphering dead languages.

They're not written in a dead language.

They're written in Akon,

an ancient form of Hebrew cryptography.

Go ahead. Take a peek.

I can figure this out.

If you know the 312-digit polyalphabetic

cipher needed to decode it.

Do you know the cipher? No.

Wake me up when we get to the airport.

Are you still trying to figure that out?

I don't understand. I

should be able to do this.

I deciphered the language

of the birds in seven hours.

Give me a clue. Give me

a little clue. No, no.

Give me just the first

three letters of the cipher.

Gedi Province is about

a day's drive from here.

I've found us a ride. But

you're not going to like it.

Welcome, honeymooners, to the safari.

We will have a short

five-and-a-half hour drive.

Flynn?

Flynn Carson? Is that you?

It's me. Debra Markham.

Well, Debra Potter now.

Remember, our mothers set

us up on that date once.

Yes. Yes, Debra.

Social worker. Works

with convicted felons.

Right. Well, this is my husband, Carl.

We met at work.

And who is this sitting beside you?

Is this your new wife?

Yes. Yes. Yes. This is Emily.

My beautiful, beautiful

bride. What are you doing?

I don't want my mother to

know why I'm really here,

so just play along, okay?

Everyone, this is my

friend, Flynn Carson,

and his new wife, Emily.

Let's give them both a

big honeymooner welcome.

Send us a postcard!

This is as far as they take us.

Gedi's a two-day hike on foot.

Anything to get off that bus.

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