CHAPTER 10Senmut made sure he had to travel south to the quarries at Suan before the month was out, and with him he took Anhai and Hatshepsut’s daughter, Neferure.
If Anhai had ever had any doubts that her strange visionary experiences of this land when she was living in her own country were true memories, they were gone now. She “remembered” sailing this great river before. She “remembered” watching these cliffs slide past, these islands emerge. When they reached the Suan area, the huge boulders that rose hunched from the waters like the backs of great grey elephants were very familiar to her.
Senmut, watching her face as they reached Sehel Island, caught the fleeting expression of excited recognition before her feelings of puzzlement and self-doubt took over.
“Have you been here befor
