Pensively, he shakes his head. “I am not interested in gold. I am looking for an ancient poem about the Great Flood.” The sheikh lifts his chin. “Well, then, you are in the right place because this is where it all happened—the Ark and the Deluge. We believe seven thousand years have passed since—every millennium one of the seven angels descended to earth to help humankind—not that humans have learned much.”
