The published coordinate will take "seekers" to the remains of an old pyramid. Some local archeologists have determined this pyramid guarded several significant tombs of the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. Recently two Carolina’s geocachers (“The_Mariner” and the “Brown-eyed-girl”) stumbled upon encrypted clues left by “the Ancient Ones” to one of these tombs and its treasures. Scientists have, for years, theorized that the “Great Pyramids” in Egypt were more than burial sites. Some have speculated that they were some kind of landmark used for space navigation. This archeological “find” in the Carolinas (especially the encrypted clues) is significant because it leads scholars to believe that the Egyptians used a geo-model precisely like our current WGS-84. This is fortuitous because if someone can decipher the hieroglyphs, they can use these coordinates in there GPS find the mummy and his treasures (IMPORTANT NOTE: The Ancient Egyptians apparently used something equivalent to our SECONDS of a degree to represent their equivalent to our Latitude and Longitude, so for most GPS units today their coordinates must be converted to DEGREES-AND-DECIMAL-MINUTES). This “find” has proven too important to be kept a secret, so this cache has been published so others can visit this wonderful place.
There is plenty of good parking near the site and in the area, but the most strategic parking spot is located at N35° 28.469’ W80° 54.018’. This geocaching location is open from 9:00am to “Dark” year-round. Please observe these time restrictions so the “locals” don’t get upset, which might spoil it for other geocachers. There is an entrance fee ($3 for Mecklenburg residents and $5 for non-Mecklenburg residents) on the weekends and holidays from March 1st to October 31st.
The first hieroglyph encrypted clue was found about 185 feet at an azimuth of 286° (magnetic) from the backside of the pyramid ruins (IMPORTANT REMINDER: You should bring a compass on this search and should know how many feet are in each of your strides). If you are rusty interpreting Egyptian hieroglyphs, then visit “The_Mariner”’s website at this web site for more details. This multi-cache is composed of several waypoint clue cards strapped to trees with plastic wire-ties. The “shroud of the tomb” (a.k.a. the cache) must not be removed or untied; otherwise, the curse of the mummy might be unleashed. So carefully pull open the bindings at the top and unscrew the lid.
Since the Egyptian coordinates were different than those determined by my GPS, the following adjustments could be applied to each coordinate pair (after converting from seconds of latitude or longitude to degrees-and-decimal-minutes of latitude or longitude) for greater accuracy.
Tag-1 Latitude: add 0.000’
Tag-1 Longitude: add 0.006’
Tag-2 Latitude: subtract 0.006’
Tag-2 Longitude: add 0.005’
Remember that most Egyptian burial tombs contain gold! I also placed some collectable luggage tags specific to this geocache.