| abstract | - The Spear of Osiris was created in ancient Egypt as the only weapon that could impede the Scorpion King’s return to life: whoever killed the Scorpion King, the legends told, would claim possession of his armies and could decide to either use it to destroy mankind or to lay down its power. The Spear had resided in the ruins of Hamunaptra for some time before it was unearthed by a thief named Beni Gabor in 1926 A.D when Beni had attempted to loot the ruins but had died in the attempt: Beni had filled one sack with golden treasures before mounting it on a nearby camel and Beni had returned to take more treasures but ended up trapped inside the ruins and eaten by scarabs. Others, however, had escaped Hamunaptra: the explorer Rick O'Connell and the archaeologists Evelyn and Jonathan Carnahan, and the three had helped themselves to the treasures left in the saddle-bag of one of the camels that they used to leave the ruins.
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