Desert Mystic

Names in this category are priestesses and qedeshim, pharaohs and queens, goddesses and oracles, magi and nomads. Colors and textures are sand and onyx, turquoise and copper, lapis and bronze, white and gold; towering pyramids, lush hanging gardens, and vast cities carved from stone; plumes of incense wafting through ancient temples; ornate headdresses, heavy gold torques, and bangles glittering with jewels; caravans of camels winding through the endless dunes; jackal-headed canopic jars and lavish sarcophagi carved with scarabs; anointed priestesses presiding over ecstatic rites; sweeping epics of underworld journeys and twisting sea serpents; veiled dancers with eyes lined in kohl and fingers dipped in gold; cuneiform tablets, papyrus scrolls, and crumbling walls covered in sacred glyphs; bright burnished sunshine on endless red sands.