'The Egyptian Mythology Murders'. |
The radiation scan - at a dose lethal for the living - blasted through her linen windings. It was like a penetration of sunlight warming the bones after the ache of the desert night.
The machine hummed. A spinning cylinder
curved around the mummy’s head like a night sky arching over Egypt.
The sand-dry cells of the body, spread out
in an undulating landscape on the CT tray, stirred in a sudden breath.