A royal necropolis—from the Greek words for "city of the dead"—was established near Abydos in about 1839 B.C. with the burial there of the powerful 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret III.

"See the problem is we as black people know that the salute comes from Egyptian kings who were buried right hand over left to clutch the royal scepter." Boseman's character might be right ...