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THE NIGHT BEFORE
THE NILE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, FREMONT, CA
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SETI AND SELENE HAD returned to examining room the night before and went over to the table that held her carcass to more fully examine the condition of the skeleton which she now believes is her. It was not a sight she was truly prepared for and not the way she ever thought others would see her.
After a few minutes, Selene reached out to touch a bone. It was an eerie feeling. A small jolt of electricity when through her. She jumped a little and the bone moved. She knew right then; she was reaching out to her own remains.
The movement of the bone gave Selene an idea. Immediately she began to move the bones around, distributing their location on the table. Seti wasn’t sure what Selene was up to. He watched intently.
Moving most of the bones to the right of the table, see grabbed some leg bones and made what looks like a Greek key design. Then she grabbed the arm bones and placed each one below the key. Using smaller bones, she created an eye socket design and just below that she took the second set of arm bones and placed them in the same pattern as she did just above the eye design.
Seti instantly understood. She had just used hieroglyphics cartouche to spell out H.E.R.E. Seti wondered if the people would understand what she meant. He knew she was trying to get a message across when he remembered a container that he had looked in was filled with something they could use. He dodged behind the racks and emerged with a hand full of sand. Sprinkling it on the table top, he began to draw an owl, followed by a reed.