26-06-30 PART TWO WINTER CHAPTER SIX FIRST MONTH OF WINTER 4 TH DAY Renisenb had got into the habit of going up to the Tomb almost every day. Sometimes Yahmose and Hori would be there together, sometimes Hori alone, sometimes there would be no onebut always...

26-06-30 PART TWO WINTER CHAPTER SIX FIRST MONTH OF WINTER 4 TH DAY Renisenb had got into the habit of going up to the Tomb almost every day. Sometimes Yahmose and Hori would be there together, sometimes Hori alone, sometimes there would be no onebut always...

26-06-30 II Renisenb had been wandering aimlessly along the bank of the Nile when she heard shouts and commotion and saw people running towards the landing stage. She ran and joined them. In the boat that was pulling to shore stood a young man, and just for...

26-06-30 CHAPTER FIVE FOURTH MONTH OF INUNDATION 5 TH DAY Imhotep breathed a sigh of satisfaction as he finished his ceremonial du- ties as Mortuary Priest. The ritual had been observed with meticulous de- tailfor Imhotep was in every respect a most conscien...

26-06-30 CHAPTER FOUR THIRD MONTH OF INUNDATION 15 TH DAY Imhotep listened to Sobeks explanation of the sale of the timber in omin- ous silence. His face had grown very red and a small pulse was beating in his temple. Sobeks air of easy nonchalance wore a li...

26-06-30 CHAPTER FOUR THIRD MONTH OF INUNDATION 15 TH DAY Imhotep listened to Sobeks explanation of the sale of the timber in omin- ous silence. His face had grown very red and a small pulse was beating in his temple. Sobeks air of easy nonchalance wore a li...

26-06-30 II Esa, dressed in her best pleated linen gown, peered across at her son with a kind of sardonic amusement. Welcome, Imhotep. So you have returned to usand not alone, I hear. Imhotep, drawing himself up, replied rather shame-facedly: Oh, so you have...

26-06-30 CHAPTER THREE THIRD MONTH OF INUNDATION 14 TH DAY Everywhere there was bustle and preparation. Hundreds of loaves had been baked in the kitchen, now ducks were roasting; there was a smell of leeks and garlic and various spices. Women were shouting a...

26-06-30 III Esa had sent for her grandson Ipy. The boy, a handsome, discontented-looking stripling, was standing be- fore her whilst she rated him in a high shrill voice, peering at him out of her dim eyes that were shrewd although they could now see little...

26-06-30 II Kait was playing with her youngest child, little Ankh. The baby was just beginning to walk and Kait encouraged her with laughing words, kneeling in front of her and waiting with outstretched arms until the child lurched precariously forward and t...