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Rhodes, Greece.
Morgan looked down at the image Martin pointed at. It was a stone carving of a serpent curled around a circular object, its body wound through an ankh symbol. Next to it, the falcon god Horus wore the crown of Egypt and another cobra sat proudly at its feet. Martin stumbled excitedly over his words.
"The ouroboros you saw on the Laocoon, the snake eating its own tail. It's an ancient Egyptian symbol representing renewal and rebirth in the cycles of life. In the Book of the Dead, it's related to the god Atum who rose from the chaos of primordial waters in the form of a serpent. Later sources use it as a symbol in alchemy, linked to the Philosopher's Stone."
"Egypt?" Jake looked hopeful. "It's been a while since I've visited."
Morgan thought back to when Jake had lain
