The first light of dawn illuminated the Red Mountain where, on the world's first morning, the sun had slain the demon of darkness.
Despite his raw nerves, Mark Walker once again admired this miracle that he never tired of since he resided in Egypt.
Hoping for a phone call he hadn't received, he got into his Jeep and drove to Saqqara, south of Cairo.
On this gigantic archaeological site, largely unexplored, stood the first freestone pyramid.
Its steps formed a monumental staircase that the pharaoh's soul borrowed to ascend and descend to heaven, in order to spread gold dust on earth.
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For the Egyptologist, the Promised Land.
It was there, and nowhere else, that his dream could come true.
During his research, he fell in love with a ritualist, Isis, who had lived around 660 BC and played music in honor of Hathor, goddess of heaven and happiness.
Through the study of papyri, Walker
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