Civilisation springs from a river:

the brilliant glint of an amulet

permits this story to be told

Who came first – a God or a King?

Who opens the door

Who holds the key to the mystery of eternity?    . . .     . . .

 

The firstborn is an enigma

    an amulet

        a mirror 

    fused from burnished copper

    an icon of the sun buried in a grave

a grave in a riverbed in the grave of a river

 

The Key of Life

 

Pottery offering tray, with internal walls in a Meroitic form of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for the word ‘ankh ‘life’. The upper surface bears traces of red paint. 500 bc–ad 100. uc43990