The Mole People Page #2

The epicenter of the earthquake

was only 25 miles from here.

Do you think the goddess

of Ishtar is punishing us

for removing the tablets,

Lafarge?

The inscription said

"He who removes it with malice."

But we aren't malicious,

are we?

We want to rescue

the Sharu dynasty from oblivion.

That's what archaeologists

are for, no?

Archaeologists are underpaid

publicity agents for deceased royalty.

(ALL CHUCKLlNG)

This shepherd boy

found something.

BELLAMIN:
What, another one?

This boy came a long way,

Dr. Bellamin.

You buys your ticket

and you takes your chance.

I believe in grabbing for

the gold ring every time.

Hey! Where'd you find this?

Kuhitara. High, high.

Kuhitara, the epicenter

of the earthquake.

LAFARGE:
It's a kind of moss

that is native to this region.

It grows only on the

rocks of Kuhitara,

but not where the boy found it.

Much, much higher.

The earthquake must've dislodged it

and rolled it down to the plateau.

But how did it get up

on Kuhitara to begin with?

Maybe Bentley has the answer.

How's it coming, Roger?

It's an oil lamp all right,

shaped like a boat.

The engraved figures are of a man,

a woman and different animals in pairs.

The Sumerian version

of Noah's Ark?

Exactly.

The Flood's been proven

to be a historical fact.

Why not a Sumerian version?

According to the inscription

they got wet, too. Listen.

"I, Sharu, King of Kings,

son of Sharu Ad."

"From water I emerged.

I caused to embark within the vessel

"all my family, my relations,

"my craftsmen and my slaves,

and the beasts of the field,

"and made my home in the ark.

We floated on the waves

"until we found the land

of the snow near the goddess of Ishtar."

The top of the mountain.

The Sharu dynasty was saved

from the Flood on Kuhitara.

But was never heard of again.

Of course not. No one would

look for human beings on top of Kuhitara.

We're going to.

Oh, it's impossible.

The summit is less than

20,000 feet.

It's treacherous. Always wind and snow.

Nothing's there, nothing.

Then we shouldn't be

afraid of nothing.

Gentlemen, Kuhitara is a

treacherous mountain to climb.

Do you think

we can make it?

l think so.

We shall establish

three camps.

The porters will carry enough supplies

to establish a base camp

here at the foot

of the snow level.

We will then climb to here,

which is 2,000 feet from the plateau

on Kuhitara, and establish a second camp.

The next day we shall attempt

the final climb.

All this risk and money

because of a vague poetic inscription

on an ancient oil lamp.

Don't you trust poets,

old man?

No, l don't.

Schliemann did.

He found the ruins of Troy

by trusting Homer,

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