INDIANA JONES AND THE SONS OF DARKNESS

INT. REAR ALCOVE OF CAVERN - NOW A MAKESHIFT EXAMINATION ROOM
- JUST AFTER

INDY and MR. LOT are standing behind a SCROLL SPECIALIST who is
seated at a simple work station.  INDY looks over the specialist's
shoulder.  The old jewish scholar is handling a PAPYRUS MANUSCRIPT
with almost superhuman patience and care.

INDY beams.

                           MR. LOT
             From preliminary transcribing, we know
             the scrolls include manuals of
             discipline, hymnbooks, Biblical
             commentaries, and apocalyptic writings.

INDY notes the ancient hand writing.

                           INDY
             Biblical Hebrew.  I'm afraid it's not
             one of my better known languages.
             What's that passage he's transcribing?

MR. LOT leans in and reads the ancient writing over the
specialist's shoulder.

                           MR. LOT
             Very interesting ... the Book of
             Genesis ... 8:4 to be precise. 

                           INDY
                     (quoting; automatic)
             "And the Ark rested in the seventh
             month, on the seventeenth day of the
             month, upon the mountains of Ararat."  
            
                           MR. LOT
                     (impressed)
             You know your Bible, Doctor.

                           INDY
                     (wryly)
             Pushy father.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE CAVERN - BACK ON THE WOODEN PLATFORM - DAY
                                 
INDY and LOT emerge from the cavern and shield their eyes from the
intense sunlight.  The generator's NOISE is prominent once again.