CHAPTER 19
Back to EnglandAt Cairo airport late that night, just as they were getting their boarding passes, Emma heard her name spoken and swung round. It was Ahmed Hassan in his dove grey suit.
He seemed friendly enough, but behind him were two policemen.
‘A formality, you understand,’ he said with his usual suave politeness. ‘I’m afraid we have to check your luggage.’
They were led into a side room and thoroughly searched by the two policemen while Hassan made polite small talk.
‘We buried Akhenaten in his rightful tomb,’ Emma said. ‘We are taking nothing back to England.’
‘I know. We found the burial,’ he said quietly. ‘Even the ring.’
‘Then why are you searching us?’
‘My dear friend, I am only carrying out a little search to placate my colleagues. You must understand my positi
