The Egyptian Babylon, Minoan Crete, and among the Hittites. The main character of the novel is named after a character in an ancient Egyptian text commonly known as the "Story of Sinuhe". The original story dates to a time long before that of Akhenaten: texts are known from as early as the 12th dynasty. Supporting historical characters include the old Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his conniving favorite wife, Tiy; the wife of Akhenaten, Nefertiti; the listless young Tutankhamun (King Tut), who succeeded as Pharaoh after Akhenaten's downfall; and the two common-born successors who were, according to this author, integral parts of the
Pharoah Sanders to Africa for a cultural exchange program for the U.S. State Department. Sanders's major-label return would finally come in 1995 when Verve Records released "Message from Home", followed by "Save Our Children" (1998). But again, Sanders's disgust with the recording business prompted him to leave the label. In 1992, Sanders appears on a reissue ("Ed Kelly and Pharoah Sanders") for the Evidence label of a recording that he completed for Theresa Records in 1979 entitled "Ed Kelly and Friend." The 1992 version contains extra tracks which feature Pharoah's pupil Robert Stewart. In 1994 he traveled to Morocco to record the