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| Christian cross in Egypt's Temple of Isis, Philae |
The archaeologist hero of my trilogy of Egypt adventures, Anson Hunter, is not only a renegade, but conflicted.
He not only engages with the sacred of ancient Egypt, but at the same time wrestles with a Christian faith.
As a villain points out to him:
Kraft ran his fingertips over the wall. The fingers were splayed and swollen like roots. Anson followed the moving fingers. They ran exploringly over carved texts to reach the form of a goddess.
“Here she is, rippling in ravishing curves of stone. The goddess of your fantasies. Want to touch her, Mr Hunter? No one is looking.”
It was Isis and she was shown in raised relief, in profile, high waisted, long-legged, her body tapering like a vase in a form-revealing sheath dress. She wore a vulture headdress and held an ankh in one hand.
“It’s not a good idea to touch the local ladies,” Anson said, “of today, or yesterday, especially ones on temple walls. The antiquities people disapprove.”
Undeterred, Kraft reached down and touched the foot of the goddess. He ran his fingertips from the ankles up the skirt.
“Isn’t this the form you dream about? You are here, at her feet and always have been, am I right? Don’t look surprised. I know more about you than you think. A man with Christian ideas who is also a captive to pagan sensuality...”
Egypt Adventure Trilogy - available on Kindle
