Offers an explanation for the disappearance of the tomb of Alexander the Great during the rise of Christianity. As Alexander had been deified, early Christians saw his tomb as a challenge to the worldly triumph of Christianity and sought to erase it from the historical record.

Covers the importance of Amun in Egyptian religious beliefs and some of the devotions undertaken for Amun.

Examines the role of women in Egyptian religion, especially "God's Wife of Amun," the highest priestess in the Egyptian religion and temple estate at Karnak.

Describes Ancient Greek belief in the prophecies of the Pythia, or high priestess at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, also known as the Oracle. Greeks would go to the Oracle with all sorts of questions, from the mundane to the spiritual and political.

Recounts the discovery of artifacts related to Queen Nefertiti, who wielded considerable power alongside her husband, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. She is known also a beautiful queen, even attested in poems of her husband.