The Mummifier´s Daughter - A Novel in Ancient Egypt by Nathaniel Burns

Author:Nathaniel Burns [Burns, Nathaniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heiken Marketing
Published: 2013-02-18T18:30:00+00:00

Ma-Nefer stepped from the mayor’s home, a smug grin on his face as a sense of glee filled him, thinking that it was all starting to fall into place. He swung a closed reed basket over his shoulder, checking its contents, before moving along the street, sidestepping a woman returning from the river and her annoying children that were running about unchecked. He could not understand why some would want to burden themselves with children. They only cost more to feed and made no real contribution to the household until they were weaned and trained.

He sidestepped a young boy, knocking him to the ground in the process, and did not even bother to turn around to check when the child started crying. He finally turned onto a derelict path, and glanced about to ensure that no one had followed him, before continuing further along it.

He entered a darkened passageway and lit the lamp that was left at the entrance, before continuing on to the abandoned Per-Nefer chamber. He held up the lamp as he entered the room, casting it in a pale glow, while looking around, sneering when he saw the canopic jar standing on the platform. He walked over to the platform, placing the lamp on it before reaching out and stroking the engraved insignia on the jar. He lifted its lid to check the contents, before closing the jar and placing his basket on the platform. Removing its lid and reaching into it he extracted an empty canopic jar and placed it on the platform, before putting the filled one into the basket. He then stepped from the platform and turned to check on the natron supply, knowing that it would be a whole moon cycle before the next shipment arrived. Satisfied with the supply, he returned to the platform to collect up his basket, carefully replacing the lid over the jar inside it, before reaching for the lamp and leaving the chamber.

He made his way back to his trading post as quickly as his feet could convey his bulk, and once there, he secluded himself in the back of one of the storage areas. He extracted the canopic jar from the basket, looking it over, smiling smugly as he placed it upon the shelf with the others.

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