"Periphrasing Gogol, I advise you to intentionally write “St Petersburg” on a piece of paper to get Egypt.

Indeed, a delta, Sphinxes, the Neva, a flood, the Nile.

Dropping out the difficulties of  obsequies, I should only note that wooden and clay homuncles Ka (the man’s essence) and Ba (his soul) were necessary attributes of a burial ceremony.

Egyptians believed that at nights Ka left the house in search of Ba.
And it wasn’t always that those dolls could find their way home".