Word: memphis
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...wound"). Surviving this fiery purgation is the ka (diminished soul) of an Egyptian named Menenhetet II. After experiencing the mummification of his discarded body, this ghost meets the kindred spirit of his great-grandfather Menenhetet I. The old ghost agrees to guide his descendant out of the necropolis at Memphi, a task that begins with a lesson in the creation of the Egyptian deities. Toward the end of this recitation, the young shade's attention drifts into the eddy of a memory from the sixth year of his corporal life, when he, his parents and great-grandfather spent...
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