Hans' Diary : Egypt (7)
.... when the light clears I find myself in Egypt.
The heat here is stifling, the sun is like molten iron in the sky, and the air is full of dust. I can hardly believe that I have somehow been transported across the world ... and I start to wonder how I am going to get back again. Still now that I am here I guess I should try and find what I came to look for.
Once I have recovered from the shock and got used to where I am (and boy is it hot) I get down to some research. My first port of call (after the water shop) is the nearest ruins to have a look at some Hieroglyphics. Having done my homework back in Edinburgh I have half an idea about what I am looking for, and I pick up a pocket guide to Hieroglyphics from a stall for two egyptian, which gives me a vague idea of what I am looking for.
I think that this says something along the lines of ...
ra maat wsr ra stpn
At least I think so ....
After some thought I realise that this search is going to be harder than I planned for. The pieces of the clue are there in the scroll the Archpriest gave me, and I have an inkling of how to put them together but I realise I am going to have to do quite a lot of travelling to find them. So I hire myself on with a tour and set out for some important places.
I decide to start off in the Valley of the Kings ...
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| in the Valley of the Kings again | outside Hapshetsut's temple |
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| outside the temple of Sobek in Kom Ombo | on the temple's pylon |
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| at the temple of Horus in Edfu | and ... ummm .... in a perfume shop |