Daughter of the Pharaoh: The Architect of Amun

Thebes, 1279 BCE. Beneath a scorching sun, Princess Neferet feels stifled by the gilded cage of court life. Her true passion lies not in silks and jewels, but in the soaring geometry of temples, the silent language of stone. Secretly, she studies with the aging architect Imhotep, absorbing his radical philosophy—that buildings, particularly temples, can harness the feminine power of the cosmos, a heresy in male-dominated Egypt. Imhotep’s death leaves Neferet bereft, but also emboldened. She...