The co-ordinates are correct, somewhere over there we shall find the last relic of the bythantium era, the Amulet of Koh.
Isn’t the amulet supposed to be buried beneath a desert?
It was in the days this manuscript was written, in a time long ago… but times change; places change.
Would they change this much though… it seems this particular oasis has spread a bit?
Maybe… but these co-ordinates have been confirmed and verified by satellite navigation technology… we are in the right place.
I don’t know… I don’t suppose they would have had satellite technology back in the bythantium days… I mean, where out there could that golden cup be buried?

Posted for Six Sentence Stories. This week’s prompt word is Relic.


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