Abydos, Egypt Second year of the Pharaoh Khasekhemwy 2704 BC Merit-Ptah heard the shouting first, and then the struggle as two guards pushed a man through the door-flap of her house. “I’m with a patient,” she began in anger, but… Continue Reading
“I went back to Egypt last night,” said my sister, with horrible cheer, “to my real family.” Mom and Dad had already left for work. The best I could manage to news like this over breakfast was a feeble “oh… Continue Reading
From her balcony by the Nile, Hatshepsut looked out over the land of Egypt and wept. There was nothing else to do. Her once-delicate hands, now marred by burns and plague scars, clenched tightly around the balcony railing. From the… Continue Reading