The Rosetta Stone
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Ptolemy V's First Public Event
Ptolemy V is just 13 years old, but as his chariot rides past the enormous white walls of Memphis he knows that his country's future rests on his slim shoulders. Technically, he has been pharaoh since the tender age of five when his father died in a suspicious fire at the Royal Palace in Alexandria. He can't help remembering his first public event, only six years ago when he was tricked by a bodyguard into authorizing the execution of his mother's killer. In fact, Ptolemy and his ancestors speak Greek, look like foreigners, and have only been in power for 100 years.
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