We made our way to the main room where the girls sat themselves with elegant ease, one at each side facing the stair. The centre of the room had been decorated with a profusion of gorgeous flowers including papyrus and lotus blooms, while several large earthenware jugs of wine stood ready along with a hoard of gold and silver goblets. Even by the standards of Malkata palace, this was impressive. Around the walls, Leah's...

  I was woken from my reverie by Tanit's gentle hand upon my shoulder. She led me downstairs to a room that served as her quarters. There were several girls there and some did not speak our language but I was welcomed by them and taken to a well appointed bathing chamber. At its centre there was a pool full of refreshingly cool water. I did not hesitate getting in as the journey from the palace had been a dusty one. Of co...

      Rahotep and I saw each other several times over the next two weeks; I was repeatedly impressed by his manliness, his intelligence, his charm, his quiet dignity and kindly nature. He is also a lusty, eager and unselfish lover. To say that I miss him when we are apart, would be indeed an understatement. One night on my bed, about two weeks after we had first met, he told me rather regretfully that, on the following da...

  Year 36, second month of the inundation, day three, under the majesty of; the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Usermaatre-Sepetenre, the son of Re, Ramesses II, Beloved of Ptah. Preparations are well under way here at Malkata Palace for the court to celebrate, in three days time, the twentieth birthday of his majesty's beloved granddaughter, my niece, the princess Bint-Anath Meren Meretseger; divine adoratrice of Isis, pr...

The Sphinx lay hidden between the pyramids and sand dunes like my clit between the folds of my pussy lips. It was 45oC in the shade, if you could find it. We were busy producing a cheap documentary film on the Egyptian theology of an afterlife for a PBS channel. Michael, my cameraman, was a tall well-build man with long blond hair. He handled his Sony digital video camera as if it was a toy.  We were pretending to be tour...

The sun beat down upon Set Maat, ending the relief of the night.  Wind whistled through the valley, carrying the sand of the desert into the village, where it gathered in every nook and cranny.  The cliff faces seemed to dance in the rising heat, taking on a semblance of life in the valley of the dead. Isetnofret smiled as she wished her father farewell, but once he vanished into the morning bustle of artisans and laborer...

The janitor was far from surprised to see light streaming from beneath the door bearing the placard Cameron Baxter, Curator Antiquities, despite the late hour. With a smile and a shake of his head, he continued down the hall, planning to return at the end of his shift – as usual. Inside, Cameron tucked an errant lock of curly, walnut brown hair back behind her ear and sighed. Though she’d expected the result, the email co...

The year is 1976 and Dr. Phillip Cooper was embarking on an archeological dig in a remote part of Egypt. He was to explore a newly discovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings, a few miles NNW of the city of Luxor. His trip had been funded by a major university as a research grant and he was to learn what he could from this newly discovered tomb. A tomb like this hadn't been found in many years, and because this one was in...