Kitab al-Kanuz

[1] The guide provides a specific plan for obtaining the treasure without alerting the royalty, which includes retrieving the key from a unique location to access the wealth.

[2] The Egyptian Gazette, an English newspaper published in Cairo, printed a purported translation of a fragment of the manuscript relating to the Sphinx of Giza in 1904.

They stated that the manuscript was highly valued among Maghrebi treasure seekers, only a few copies existed and was at least a few centuries old.

Pass straight on and take no notice of the wells, and you will find in the breast (front) of the wall a great stone (?

Johnson Pasha (a member of the Royal Geographical Society) said that he had had the manuscript in his possession "for many years," and that he had loaned it to the Department of Antiquities around 1905.