Methos was travelling to Tokyo, Japan when he heard the news on television that there was a major discovery in Aswan High Dam, Southern Egypt by Egyptian Museum's explorers. Dr. Mina Abadi, the head of Archeologist and Egyptologist, announced that they had found a sarcophagus in the tomb under the Aswan river. That shocked Methos and brought back some bad memories of when he was in Egypt, almost five millennia ago.
Methos remembered that back when he was still very young, he was married to a nomad girl and lived at the deserts of Sinai. Life was hard and tough back then, but they managed to survive. That is, until the Egyptians, ordered by Pharaoh Djer, came and ambushed their nomad camps in the deserts and killed all the nomads. This was known as the Smiting of the Sinai. Pharaoh Djer ordered everyone that occupied his land without paying taxes to be exterminated. Methos's wife was killed during the ambush and Methos himself was 'killed', at least temporarily.
Still back in the ancient Egypt, many years had passed, and Methos was stranded in the desert, facing hunger, thirst, and dying over and over again, but he could not stay dead. This went on until he was captured and brought to the Pharaoh's Palace for stealing figs, and now faced a death sentence. Before he was sentenced to death, Pharaoh Djer himself came to the court house and ordered the court to spare his life. Apparently, Pharaoh Djer was an Immortal.
In the present day, Methos was visiting Egyptian Museum in Cairo accompanied by the Director of the Egyptian Museum, Dr. Khattemi. Methos wanted to see Dr. Mina Abadi, to discuss the discovery of the Sarcophagus and the mysterious Scarab of Sword. He broke one of the glass cases in the museum to gain attention because he knew that he would not be allowed to talk to Dr. Mina Abadi. Methos was arrested.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mina Abadi had found a mysterious Scarab which attached onto the back of the Sarcophagus she had discovered with her scientists and explorers. During the flashback, Pharaoh Djer had a reason for sparing Methos's life: He wanted Methos to be his heir to the throne.
Dr. Khattemi informed Dr. Mina Abadi that someone had broken one of the glass cases in the museum and demanded to speak with her. He also informed her that someone knew about the discovery of the Scarab of Sword. The news surprised her because she had not announced the discovery nor conducted an experiment. She eagerly wanted to speak with Methos in jail.
Dr. Mina Abadi visited Methos in jail. Methos introduced himself as Adam Pierson. Dr. Mina Abadi asked him how did he know about the discovery of Scarab of Sword. Methos did not answer, but merely said to her that he would make her the world's most famous Egyptologist, if she took him to someone. She didn't understand but was intrigued, especially when he said that he wanted her to take him to see Pharaoh Djer.
Methos unearths the Pharaoh Djer in the present... to unexpected results.
