She never tired of exploring Egypt’s most magnificent bazaar, Khan el-Khalili. With its fragrant spices, colourful artefacts and bustling crowds it was truly a feast for all the senses. The market’s winding path finally brought her to a small stand crammed with every kind of paper imaginable. Inexplicably she was drawn to a single papyrus scroll encased in a blue silk pouch—she was unsure why but she had to have it.