Status Updates From Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyph...

“If these Sakkara tombs had superstructures, they have vanished, but in the galleries were found seals bearing the names of the first three kings of the Second Dynasty—Hetepsekhemwi, Raneb, and Nynetjer. It's not necessary to remember these names; they will not turn up again in these pages. I just put them in to show how thorough I am.”

Mertz is always delightful to read, but I'm extra grateful for the addition to my lexicon of the word she's given those people who think the pyramids were built by mystics or aliens: pyramidiots.