“The bane of every ancient temple,” Randy commented.
“Indeed,” Omar agreed.“I think you shall like the next one better than this, though.”
“Oh?”Randy replied.
“The first successful attempt at a true pyramid.”
Diana glanced up at Randy.“He’s referring to the Red Pyramid,” she said.“Will we see the Blunted Pyramid after that?The one they sometimes call the Bent Pyramid?”
The guide displayed a moment of disappointment.“You already know of it?”he asked.
“She’s been reading books on Egypt since we left Alexandria,” he explained.“And she remembers everything.”
“Ah, but reading about it does nothing to blunt the awe of seeing it.No pun intended.”
Diana suppressed a chuckle as Randy helped her to stand.“Will we stop at the Pyramid of Unas?”she asked.
Omar shook his head.“We can see it from here, so we will not stop there,” he replied, pointing in the direction of a mound that might have been mistaken for a hill in the middle of the desert.“As you can see, there is not much to it.One can barely tell that it was at one time a pyramid.”
“Then let’s be off,” Randy encouraged.He escorted her back to the hantour she shared with Helen, and a few minutes later, they were off across the flat desert.
