Starting location: Go to the Bedabin Camp and speak to the Archaeologist, south-west of the Shantay Pass near Al-Kharid.
Quest difficulty level: Hard.
Reward: 20,000 magic xp and Ancient magiks.
Once you have completed the quest you will be able to buy an ancient staff for 80,000gp.
Quest points gained: 3.
Required skills: Lvl 10 Slayer, Lvl 50 Firemaking, Lvl 50 Magic, Lvl 53 Thieving.
Required items: Several Shantay passes, waterskins, knives, 12 magic logs, 6 steel bars, 6 molten glass, 1 charcoal, 1 ashes, 1 blood rune, 1 lot of bones, 1 cake, 1 silver bar, 1 garlic, 1 pestle and mortar, 1 spiked boots, 650gp, 1 lot of spices, lockpicks, anti poison potions, 1 pair of ice gloves, 1 fire staff, 1 tinderbox, 1 face mask, weapon, armour, prayer potions, super potions, stat restore potions, and plenty of good food.
Required quests: Digsite Quest, Priest in Peril Quest, Temple of Ikov Quest, Tourist Trap Quest, Troll Stronghold Quest, Waterfall Quest.
Monsters: Ice Trolls (Lvl 120-124), Kamil (Lvl 154), Dessous (Lvl 139), Damis (Lvl 103 and 174).
NPC: Archaeologist, Archaeologist Expert (Terry Balando), Bartender, Eblis, Troll child, Ice Troll, Troll mother, Troll father, Malak in Canafis bar, Ruantan, High Priest on Entrana, Rasool.