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Hired by the Egyptology department of a Denver museum to create displays for an exhibit, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon encounters an intriguing enigma: the mummy of a young woman who lived thirty-three centuries ago, her ribs broken, one hand shattered, and a man's skull between her legs. With the aid of radiologist Max Cavanaugh, employing the latest forensic and medical imaging techniques, Kate starts to unravel the millennia-old puzzle. And as the mummy's remarkable secrets come to light, a parallel story begins to unfold of a young girl born into a nest of vipers in an age when godlike pharaohs reigned in unimaginable splendor. Suddenly Kate finds herself on a twisting path leading her deeper into the shadows of anciet Kemet...and ever closer to the shocking revelations of a crime so staggering its horrific power remains undimished by the relentless passage of time.… (altro)
This is another book in which the plot set in ancient Egypt is much better than the subplot set in the present.
Museum illustrator Kate is working on the fascinating story of Tashat, a young Egyptian mummy found buried with signs of torture, and a male skull found between her legs. Enter Max, a radiologist with a more than abiding interest in ancient Egypt and Tashat, who offers access to the latest technology for Kate to learn more about Tashat's mystery. Yes, you can guess what happens as these two work together. (*yawn*)
Tashat's story, meanwhile, is filled with royal and political intrigue from the day she is born. Her story is that of a baby girl who grows into a strong, independent woman talented in drawing. The doctor who delivered her becomes a lifelong mentor believing that knowledge only makes people better.
Tashat's political drawings get her in trouble, so she is sent into exile by her father, the high priest, in hopes of keeping her alive and out of the way of her mother's (Nerfertiti) machinations. Dr. Tenre goes along as protector.
The Kate and Max story is a mystery about Tashat and the circumstances under which she died. Tashat's and Tenre's story is a slow building love story steeped in the culture and history of ancient Egypt. I found myself bored by Kate and Max, always anxious to get back to Tashat and Tenre, whose story is much more interesting. ( )
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Heaven and earth conspire that everything which has been, be rooted and reduced to dust. Only the dreamers, who dream while awake, call back the shadows of the past and braid nets from the unspun thread. -- Isaac Bashevis Singer
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She sensed that the line she had just drawn was somehow wrong.
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May you rise like the sun, rejuvenate yourself like the moon, and repeat life like the flood of Mother Nile, forever and ever.
Hired by the Egyptology department of a Denver museum to create displays for an exhibit, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon encounters an intriguing enigma: the mummy of a young woman who lived thirty-three centuries ago, her ribs broken, one hand shattered, and a man's skull between her legs. With the aid of radiologist Max Cavanaugh, employing the latest forensic and medical imaging techniques, Kate starts to unravel the millennia-old puzzle. And as the mummy's remarkable secrets come to light, a parallel story begins to unfold of a young girl born into a nest of vipers in an age when godlike pharaohs reigned in unimaginable splendor. Suddenly Kate finds herself on a twisting path leading her deeper into the shadows of anciet Kemet...and ever closer to the shocking revelations of a crime so staggering its horrific power remains undimished by the relentless passage of time.
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Museum illustrator Kate is working on the fascinating story of Tashat, a young Egyptian mummy found buried with signs of torture, and a male skull found between her legs. Enter Max, a radiologist with a more than abiding interest in ancient Egypt and Tashat, who offers access to the latest technology for Kate to learn more about Tashat's mystery. Yes, you can guess what happens as these two work together. (*yawn*)
Tashat's story, meanwhile, is filled with royal and political intrigue from the day she is born. Her story is that of a baby girl who grows into a strong, independent woman talented in drawing. The doctor who delivered her becomes a lifelong mentor believing that knowledge only makes people better.
Tashat's political drawings get her in trouble, so she is sent into exile by her father, the high priest, in hopes of keeping her alive and out of the way of her mother's (Nerfertiti) machinations. Dr. Tenre goes along as protector.
The Kate and Max story is a mystery about Tashat and the circumstances under which she died. Tashat's and Tenre's story is a slow building love story steeped in the culture and history of ancient Egypt. I found myself bored by Kate and Max, always anxious to get back to Tashat and Tenre, whose story is much more interesting. (