• Aswan Train Station.
Should probably get up-to-date information regarding both the train station and the youth hostel.

• Aswan Youth Hostel.
Described somewhere when this was first written as:  "Large, crowded rooms with bunk beds.  Musty and dusty, but clean bathrooms."

• The phones aren’t supposed to be too reliable.
True at the time of first writing; should probably look into it again.  Also check into cellphone and Wi-Fi coverage, as even comparatively poor grad students would probably have smartphones now.  JOE would still choose to stay in a particular location while making her calls, so this does not really affect the course of the story in any case.

• Oh, and remember to register at the police station.
Also a necessity at the time of first writing.  Can just remove that line if it's no longer true.

• Probably a foreign import, possibly of Nubian extraction.
This has been disputed since first writing, and current status of the debate should probably be checked.

• The ferry to Elephantine Island.
As of 2022, Elephantine Island is still above water and still generally accessed by boat.  The Temple of Khnum is also specifically mentioned on travel sites.  It may be that the new dam is upstream of it, or it just may be high enough to have avoided danger, it's not clear.

• They say anybody can get in if they bribe the right people.
The point about bribery was valid at time of first writing.  Current status regarding access to the temple ruins is uncertain.

• "Be not unaware of me, O Khnum.  If you know me, I will know you."
Based on Pyramid Utterance 262.  Check copyright on translation.

• The story is that if you find a forgotten god, he’ll be so happy to have worshipers again, he’ll grant your prayers.
The fact that there was such a story is true, of course, although the story may possibly not be relevent since apparently there are still worshippers of Bes to this day.  Of course, it could always be argued that Bes just likes Taffy, and hearing the story would be enough to get her to take a stab at it.

•
Elephantine Triad.
Gray, L. H. (Ed.).  The Mythology of All Races.  Vol. 12:  Egyptian Mythology.  W. Max Müller.  Boston, Marshall Jones Co., 1918.  p. 20.

• Egyptology Dept Office.
The author is no longer current with whether electrical closets are still in use for computer networking or what might be in them even if they are, so this aspect may need to be changed.  Presumably there are still utility areas for fuseboxes, etc., that would serve as well.  A server room might also do, but that would probably involve security issues.

• course description
ref. Cornell catalog.

• Introduction to Egyptology, Course ##2
Obviously a second-semester course, and they're still their own department, so probably the number should just be 202.  But look into it.

• You could go get us more campus mailers.
While it is to be presumed that there are still physical campus mail systems, it's a question whether such would be necessary for this purpose.  If not, need to find some other way to get Taffy to cross paths with the Classical Archaeology students.

•
The Devourer of Shades.
Mertz, Barbara.  Red Land, Black Land.  p. 356.
Edition uncertain at this point, but probably New York, Coward-McCann, 1966.

• Besides, we’ve already posted the location everywhere.
Possibly a good place to add commentary related to any social media campaigning they would have done.

• She pulls out her phone.
Again, assuming she has one.

• It has been transformed as much as possible into an Egyptian-style fesitval hall.
There are some notes regarding that in the "egypt art notes" file.

• I asked about {relevent book} at the library, but they said they didn't have it.
Current top candidate:  The Secret Lore of Egypt:  Its Impact on the West.  Chosen to credit both David Lorton and Erik Hornung, but should probably try to read a copy to make sure it's useful!  In any case, some book relevent to a subject that would appear in the class May is taking that is not otherwise readily available.

• The crowd parts to reveal the five graduate students of the Classical Archaeology Department and PANDORA.
A note on race:  Yes, PC crowd, the cast was almost entirely white in the original conception.  Tiny universities in the middle of nowhere were not known for being ethnically diverse in the 1990s when this was first written.  It is doubtful that they would be now.  But as the races of most of the characters are not important to the story itself, mention of it has generally been removed and they can be seen as any race that pleases the reader.  The only exception is that one of Joe and Joe B. should be black and the other white.  Taffy and Pun's races only matter in that they should be kept consistent with the idea that the Triad form a visual continuum.

• The invocation to Hermes.
This is an actual invocation from ancient Greek literature, presumably from a document at the Perseus Project, but the source seems to have been lost in the great computer crash of OS9.  Attempts are being made to locate it!

• The fountains promptly subside, revealing a drenched TRIAD.
So what does happen to linen when it gets wet?

• Herme laossoe, Herme pyriinous
Two aspects of Hermes:  laossos, lit. "stirrer of the nation [to war]," making for a sort of battle cry; and pyriinous, lit. "fire-minded."  Although not appearing in the scene itself, presumably use has also been made of askopos, lit. "invisible."
An extensive listing of aspects can be found in William G. Doty, "Hermes' Heteronymous Appellations," pp. 115-133 of Facing the Gods, ed. James Hillman, Spring Publications, Inc., Dallas, Texas, 1980.

• If they need to revamp the network . . .
Can be changed to an upgrade of whatever is currently in the Egyptology office.

• a Mycenaean "Dolly" terracotta figure
These are apparently quite thick on the ground, so it would not be unreasonable for them to have obtained a real one, but a facsimile would do.

• She recites a protective spell.
Obviously need to locate an appropriate one.

• Let them try working in the hall every time the network acts up.
Obviously that line will need to be changed somewhat if the electrical closet was made into something else, but again there would presumably still have been circumstances requiring the kids to vacate their office at inconvenient times.

With special thanks to
David Lorton
The Calligraphic Button Store at the Top of the Food Chain
The Perseus Project
Biblioteca Arcana [If this is still relevant; I think I was going to use it to locate a protective spell for Joe to recite in Issue 6, but they're one of those sources who seem to take this stuff WAY too seriously.]