Chapter 5
The Valley of the Kings has always felt like an eerie place to me, as if it remembers the hundreds of dead Pharaohs who have been buried here over the years. Maybe what they say about the afterlife is right, and what I'm feeling is the souls of my ancestors visiting the land of the living. Though I find that unlikely. If they have paradise at their disposal, why would they come here?
The high stone cliffs of the valley rise up above me, plain and unadorned. If I look closely, I can tell where some of the tomb doors are, but only those of the most recent burials. My grandfather is off to the right, resting peacefully in a tomb carved right into the side of the valley. This isn't the original but is modelled after it and used by Pharaohs from my dynasty. Which means that this is
