The Nubian Physician

The Nubian Physician is an old-fashion adventure story about a young girl who enjoyed being different.  Unfortunately, the rebellious teenager lived in Elephantine, Egypt, the most boring place in the world.  Khefra needed an escape plan, and physicians were needed everywhere.

This exciting fast-paced tale begins in the late-Bronze Age when Egypt and Hittites were the only superpowers.  Then a Luwian-Aegean coalition of Sea People destroyed the Hittites, the Mycenaean Greeks and Egypt was next.  

Meanwhile, the Egyptian royal court seethed with intrigue and treachery when a rival queen plotted to put her son on the throne of Egypt.  That's when Khefra is caught up in the infamous 'Harem Conspiracy,' and assassination of Ramses III, last of the 'Great' pharaohs.     

The young Nubian doctor was equally skilled with a sword or scalpel, and renowned for her skill with a composite-bow.  Khefra fights for Egypt's survival on both land and sea, until betrayed and sentenced to death. 

Egypt was the only place in the ancient world where women could be whatever they wanted, even pharaoh.  Wives and daughters had full legal rights.  Property was inherited through females of the family, because maternity is a matter of fact while paternity a matter of opinion.

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