Omm Sety's Egypt

Оглавление

Hanny el Zeini. Omm Sety's Egypt

Отрывок из книги

OMM SETY’S EGYPT

A Story of Ancient Mysteries, Secret Lives, and the Lost History of the Pharaohs

.....

By the end of her life she had a worldwide roster of friends and admirers, and tourists were streaming to Abydos. Sadly, she died just a few days before the BBC aired its documentary about her, Omm Sety and Her Egypt. Her passing was noted in the Times of London and in other newspapers around the world.

Today, when I listen to the tapes of our many conversations, her vivid personality fills the room and I see us sitting again at the edge of the Osirion on a warm Egyptian afternoon, speaking of ancient things. We are in a timeless state. I hear her clear voice describing what she believes to be the location of a great Hall of Records at Luxor. I hear us engaged in one of our heated debates about the pharaoh Akhenaten, a man she thoroughly disdained for throwing over the old religion and weakening the empire. And then I hear her in a calmer mood saying matter-of-factly, “I know where the tomb of Nefertiti exists.”

.....