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| One of my earlier visits to The Great Pyramid |
Like fiction's Egyptologist Anson Hunter, I have always
envied the effortless flow of computer simulations of Egypt that begin with an
aerial shot of the Sphinx and pyramids, before swooping into the Great Pyramid
and taking the viewer on a smooth fly-through, sweeping along the entrance and
corridor, up the vaulted ‘cathedral’ of the corbelled Grand Gallery and passage
before dipping low to enter the entrance to the King’s Chamber.
It's never that easy, especially on a hot day.
It takes sweaty toil to reach the heart of the Great
Pyramid.
With
each step, the awareness of the accumulated weight of stone above your head adds
weight to your shoulders as if to crush the spirit...
(The Great Pyramid features in my latest Anson Hunter novel "The Forbidden Glyphs".)
