The Rosetta Stone
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The Decrees of Ancient Egypt
The Steler are transported across the country by donkey before they are displayed upright next to new statues of the young king. But even as the workers hold the stones into place, the days of the Egyptian kings and the hieroglyphs themselves are numbered. Ptolemy V will be murdered before his 30th birthday. Exactly 150 years later, the final member of his dynasty, Queen Cleopatra, will lose the battle of Actium and Egypt will become a province of Rome. At first, the Roman emperors make efforts to support traditional Egyptian culture, but it doesn't last.
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