Kingdom of the Pharaohs: The Grand Museum

About this book

Have you ever tried standing before history, not to watch it, but to hear it breathe? In the heart of Cairo, where the sun embraces the golden facade of "the Grand Egyptian Museum," you think you are a mere visitor crossing marble corridors, but the truth is you are about to cross a time gate recognizing no laws of physics. The story begins with Tayseer Yousry, the guide who does not explain stone but conjures the soul. And with a group of visitors who came from all corners of the earth, the tourist tour turns into a wondrous metaphysical experience. Here, the statue of Ramses II is no mere silent granite, but a king whispering his glories to whoever dares to listen, and the grand staircase is no stone steps, but a ladder ascending you toward the secrets of the great kings. In a literary style blending magical realism with historical documentation, the novel takes us to the halls of "the Chamber of Secrets" where papyrus speaks, and to the hall of "Tutankhamun" where the golden mask talks of the philosophy of immortality. You will discover with Zahra and her companions that the hieroglyphic language.