African Weird Story/Cliffhanger

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by quarkstomper

Also, there have been claims that the Ark of the Covenant is being kept in a monastery someplace in a remote corner of the country.

Believe it or not I have already done the Ark-of-the-Covenant in Axum in a Cliffhangers-style adventure.


It is a good suggestion, though!

[dcarson]

I believe Tarzan found at least 3 lost Roman colonies.

[quarkstomper]

Originally Posted by Brett

Believe it or not I have already done the Ark-of-the-Covenant in Axum in a Cliffhangers-style adventure.

So have I. In my version, the monastery had two arks; an impressive-looking medieval forgery and the True Ark hidden in a secret chamber. Guess which one we let the Italians take.

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by jmurrell

For locations you can go with Mt. Kilimanjaro as previously suggested. Great Zimbabwe works if you want mysterious ruins. King Solomon's Mines are a more fabulous choice. Or pick a 'Lost Kingdom' in any culture you like. I've seen Macedonian, Roman, and Crusaders, as well as 1 to 10 lost tribes if Israel.


Jeff

Aurel Stein actually did find traces of Macedonian colonists in Central Asia. I doubt he found a Secret Man Was Not Meant To Know. If he did The World Was Not Ready.

[SCHIFTY]

Other character types --

Smuggler
Bedouin

Also dangerous competition from Afrikaaners, Germans, French Foreign Legionnnaires, and Muslim preachers from the North coast.

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by SCHIFTY

Other character types --

Smuggler
Bedouin

Also dangerous competition from Afrikaaners, Germans, French Foreign Legionnnaires, and Muslim preachers from the North coast.

Sometimes the same thing: Bedouin often smuggle.

[fredtheobviouspseudonym]

Alas, the atrocities did not end with the end of the Congo Free State. See "King Leopold's Ghost" for more information.

If you want to have exploitation, savage punishments, arbitrary and capricious European officials, the 20's will work just fine.

Alas.

[Agemegos]

Anyone know any ancient Egyptian? What would "Fountain of Life" be as a place-name?

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Originally Posted by Brett

Anyone know any ancient Egyptian? What would "Fountain of Life" be as a place-name?

Best I could do would be:

Mw'nh'nis (Mwanyonis)

http://www.jimloy.com/hiero/dict19.htm

[The Colonel]

Originally Posted by jmurrell

For locations you can go with Mt. Kilimanjaro as previously suggested. Great Zimbabwe works if you want mysterious ruins. King Solomon's Mines are a more fabulous choice. Or pick a 'Lost Kingdom' in any culture you like. I've seen Macedonian, Roman, and Crusaders, as well as 1 to 10 lost tribes if Israel.

There is a rumour that the Ark ended up somewhere in the former Rhodesia, somewhere near Great Zimbabwe ... and apparently there's a tribe down there with y-chromosome DNA characteristic of the "Aaronic" Israelite bloodline. Apparently a better genetic match than the Beta Israel in Ethiopiea who are meant to be descended from Menelik's retinue.

You could also nick the white gorillas from Crichton's Congo or the part human-part gorilla people from H.P. Lovecraft's Arthur Jermyn story.

You could even do zombie kingdoms - the Caribbean had to get its Muti from somewhere...