“Kalbrandt Institute” snippet

On top of a scree slope between the valley and the banks of the River Nile, two men wearing turbans and loose-fitting tunics surveyed the site with varying interest.

“Ta-sekhet-ma’at, the Great Field. Do not let its dry appearance fool you. It knows a surprising number of floods, for a desert valley.” Hakon Borgulfson put his sun-kissed hands in his side and glanced at his companion. “What in the world are we doing here, Nasir?”

- Kalbrandt Institute Archives, File no. 9796/N(xxiv)