25.
An hour later we are driving along
a narrow road that borders the perimeter of the Giza Plateau and the Great
Pyramids. Sameh is behind the wheel of a white Toyota Land Cruiser that’s been
stocked with food, water, weapons, night vision gear, sleeping bags … you name
it. Everything you need for survival in the desert which just might include
staying alive during a potential shootout with some nasty radical Muslim
bandits bent on stealing the remains of the Christian Messiah.
I ride shotgun while Anya occupies
the safer back seat, directly behind Sameh. She has her window down and she
seems mesmerized by the pyramids as we pass them by on a gently inclining
sand-covered road that leads to nowhere but wide open desert.
On our way around the pyramids, we
pass by camels and do
