Secret of the Pyramid
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Pharaoh Khufu is building his House of Eternity, a pyramid on the Giza Plateau. The pyramid, an immense mountain of stone will safely protect him into the After Life, or so Khufu believes. Yet, as the pyramid reaches higher towards the sky doubts fill his troubled mind. The tomb of his mother, Queen Hetepheres has just been robbed and other royal tombs have also recently been looted, their royal mummies destroyed by ruthless robbers in the frantic search for stolen riches. Will Khufu suffer the same fate? Hemiunu, the Royal Architect building Khufu's pyramid believes otherwise.
Many have seen the plans for the pyramid, plans showing the interior corridors and rooms and importantly, the location of the burial chamber itself. Hemiunu now plots with his pharaoh to build a secret and second burial chamber deep within the pyramid, one which will be known only to a trusted few. But what if others should learn of this secret chamber? What of the priests? What of those closest to Pharaoh? What of the many important officials involved in the construction of the pyramid? Can the secret be kept a secret from so many? An intriguing game of deception now follows. The suspicious and demanding priests are beginning to ask questions. The loyal Hemiunu, however, is determined not to disappoint his Khufu in the planning and construction of the secret burial chamber ? but what if he should fail in giving Khufu the After Life he so desperately seeks?
SECRET OF THE PYRAMID has been meticulously researched by the author, helping to recreate and bring to life the world of the Ancient Egyptians of more than 4,500 years ago, a world when Khufu, a pharaoh and god-king built his monumental pyramid ? the last remaining Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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Paul Morrison, a retired museologist, has also been a writer for most of his life. "I cannot remember a time when I was not writing, even when I was five or six years old. I grew up with books such as TREASURE ISLAND, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and THE TIME MACHINE ? these and the many other books which I read in my early years fed my imagination, a voracious imagination transporting me to faraway places, other worlds and to other times in both the recent and the more distant past..." Many of these worlds and places are visited in the novels and short story collections he has written.
Besides a love of fiction, Paul also reads widely on ancient history and archaeology. "I am particularly interested in Ancient Egypt, mainly Old Kingdom Egypt during the age of the pyramid builders. I have always been intrigued as to how the pyramids were built and also about the lives of the pharaohs and the workers who constructed the pyramids. There were many questions filling my mind, but few if any answers." This inquiring interest led to the GIZA TRILOGY books, THE PHARAOH, THE SPHINX and THE THREE QUEENS, a monumental work of well-researched fiction set against the backdrop of the three pyramids on the Giza Plateau. Together, with their associated books, THE DIVINE LIGHT, ETERNAL EGYPT (Supplement to the Giza Trilogy), and SECRET OF THE PYRAMID, these books total more than 1.3 million words! Other books written by Paul cover a wide range of subjects including historical fiction, science fiction, ghost and detective stories as well as many other genres.
Paul currently lives in Hobart, Tasmania with his wife in a house overlooking the Derwent River. "The magnificent views of Hobart and Mount Wellington inspire me in my writings ? but the most important inspiration is my wife, Helena."
