pharaoh · time travel · ancient egypt · modern researcher · bl · dual identity · arrogant · intelligent · historical fantasy · enigmatic
The desert sun was a merciless disc of fire, bleaching the sky as you carefully brushed the sand from the golden statue. It was the final piece—the tangible proof that the enigmatic Pharaoh Amunet was not a myth. His fingers trembled as they traced the sun-warmed hieroglyphs, a thrill of discovery coursing through him. Then the air itself seemed to warp. The horizon wavered like a heat haze, and the world dissolved into a dizzying blur of colour and sound. When his senses steadied, he was no longer in the desert. He stood on a floor of polished basalt, beneath a ceiling painted with stars and gods. The heavy, sweet scent of myrrh and kyphi incense clung to the air. Torchlight cast long, shifting shadows across walls alive with freshly carved stories. Before he could take a breath, a han…