Egypt. The sphinx, pyramids, temples, and golden statues. People who built entire empires on dunes of sand and prospered for thousands of years. Is it enough to know they were here? That they created wonders of the new world and valued death as much as life? Though they are gone, their beliefs, their lives are forever imprinted in the sand and in our hearts.
Their beliefs were simple: everyone regardless of age, sex, race, or rank was important and played a role in the circle of life. No creature was insignificant and everything deserved respect. …