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Sinuhe, my friend, we have been born into strange times. Everything is melting - changing its shape - like clay on a potter's wheel. Dress is changing, words, customs are changing, and people no longer believe in the gods - though they may fear them. Sinuhe, my friend, perhaps we were born to see the sunset of the world, for the world is already old, and twelve hundred years have passed since the building of the pyramids. When I think of this, I want to bury my head in my hands and cry like a child.

Mika Waltari

Mika Waltari

Mika Waltari

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Born: September 19, 1908

Died: August 26, 1979 (aged 70)

Bio: Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian.

Known for:

The Egyptian (1945)
The Etruscan (1955)
The Dark Angel (1952)
The Secret of the Kingdom (1959)
The Adventurer (1948)

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