Andrea Mantegna Virgin and child with the Magdalen and St John the Baptist

Andrea Mantegna Virgin and child with the Magdalen and St John the BaptistAndrea Mantegna The Madonna of the CherubimAndrea Mantegna The Adoration of the Shepherds
Binky glided over the campfires of the nomads and the silent marshes of the Tsort river. Ahead of them dark, familiar shapes began to reveal themselves in the moonlight.
The Pyramids of Tsort by moonlight!' breathed Ysabell, 'How romantic!'
over Binky's neck. 'Torches down there,' he said. 'Hang On.'
A procession was winding away from the avenue of pyramids, led by a giant statue of Offler the Crocodile God borne by a hundred sweating slaves. Binky cantered above it, entirely unnoticed, and performed a perfect four-point landing on the hard-packed sand outside the pyramid's entrance.MORTARED WITH THE BLOOD OF THOUSANDS OF SLAVES, observed Mort.'Please don't.''I'm sorry, but the practical fact of the matter is that these —''All right, all right, you've made your point,' said Ysabell irritably.'It's a lot of effort to go to to bury a dead king,' said Mort, as they circled above one of the smaller pyramids. They fill them full of preservative, you know, so they'll survive into the next world.''Does it work?''Not noticeably.' Mort leaned