…and then, widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in…I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, “Can you see anything?”, it was all I could do to get out the words, “Yes, wonderful things.”
-The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen, Howard Carter
I imagine that is what KhairAllah might have thought as he peered into the viewfinder’s telephoto lens, foreshortening the length of the Forty Day Road. Gharīb, Strange. ‘Ajīb, Wonderful. Masr Qarīb, Egypt is Near.