More than three thousand years ago, an Egyptian priest named Wenamun set sail from Karnak on an impossible errand: to buy cedar from the prince of Byblos for the sacred bark of the god Amun. Robbed on the way, rebuffed at a foreign court, and far from the empire that once commanded the world, he negotiated with wit, grief, and a deepening sense of the divine presence that travels with the powerless. The Story of Wenamun is one of the oldest survival narratives in world literature: a quiet, luminous meditation on faith, dignity, and the bonds that hold people together when every earthly protection has vanished. This fresh and faithful modern-English edition makes the ancient voyage feel immediate and personal, while honoring its beauty and mystery. Part of The World Scriptures Library.