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| A Nile cruise into mystery and conspiracy |
"Why did you pick me to be the guest Egyptologist on your cruise?" Anson Hunter said to her. "There
must be a dozen alternative alternatives, people who are a lot more fringe than
I am. What do you really want from me?”
“Just the fruit of your mind and for you to
share your theories on a subject that’s of burning interest to our group -
Sekhmet-Hathor and her role in the fiery cleansing of the earth.”
As he stood on the deck of the dahabiyyah, two feluccas, lashed side by
side, worked their way slowly upriver, decks laden with newly made clay pots.
It was good to be on the river again.
Historians argued about how the ancient
Egyptian civilisation had managed to last for millennia, while others, at best,
lasted a century or two, and yet the answer was right here, sliding past.
The Nile.
Egypt was the first civilisation connected
by a superhighway, a network of networks linking sites of temples, palaces,
government, markets, industry, construction and education. It was a physical
Internet and engine of economic, religious and technical growth, and of
continuity...
