Hamunaptra was an ancient lost city that served for many centuries as the resting place for the

Pharaohs of Egypt and their wealth. The vast necropolis contained precious artifacts and antiquities
from the wealthiest of Egypt's Pharaohs, as well as their remains, and was guarded intently by the
Pharaoh's elite guards, the Medjai in ancient times and for centuries into modern times.
Set in a remote area of the vast Sahara, Hamunaptra was known as the "City of the Dead" and held
such high importance that none but the Medjai and the High Priest of Osiris could ever know its
location. The city was fiercely guarded by the Medjai warriors and by warrior priests, with any that
found the city silenced so as not to divulge its location; a burial within the city could only be attended
by the High Priest of Osiris and his priests, accompanied by soldiers and slaves. Slaves were made
to do the hardest work when in the city, digging graves, wherein they were promptly killed off by
soldiers that were in turn murdered by the priests so that none might ever reveal the exact location.
The City of the Dead had been established some time into the ascent of the New Kingdom,
replacing the Pyramids of old as the resting place of the Pharaohs and their possessions, and was
host to a number of different booby-traps and deterrents of grave robbers and plunderers.