April 2003

And now we take you to Dendera Egypt, circa 855BC, where Nubile young priestess of the cult of Nefr-Bun-Iye light the temple with mystical replicas of the Egg of Creation... In these mundane days, its once-awesome female symbolism has been reduced to the frivolous image of the Easter Egg, while the ecstatic and exhausting festival that once followed this solemn rite -- designed to ensure the fertility of the land, and um... some of the participants, often lasted for several days and nights -- and then several more nights...