Achmed (field worker/native guide)

Achmed serves as both a laborer and native guide at Professor Scarman's archaeological dig in Saqqara, Egypt. A native speaker of Arabic with deep cultural knowledge of ancient Egyptian traditions, he reacts with immediate terror at the sight of the Eye of Horus, interpreting it as a supernatural omen of Sutekh's wrath. His urgent warnings to Scarman in Arabic reveal reverence for ancient traditions and deep-seated fear of forces he cannot control, positioning him as the sole cultural conduit between modern academia and ancient superstition. Unlike his fleeing colleagues, he shows brief restraint by shouting warnings before ultimately succumbing to panic. His actions establish him as the most composed of the terror-stricken workforce while still bound by cultural dread.