In t?? ?nn?ls ?? ?nci?nt E???t, ?mi?st t?? ?c???s ?? ???????s’ ??i?ns ?n? t?? w?is???s ?? ???s, t???? liv?? ? ??l?? w??s? l???c? s??n? ?s ??i??tl? ?s t?? ?list?nin? s?n?s ?? t?? Nil?. His n?m? w?s Ps?s?nn?s, ??v???? ?s t?? Silv?? P??????, ? m?n??c? w??s? t???s???s ?iv?l?? ?v?n t??s? ?? t?? l???n???? T?t?nk??m?n.

Ps?s?nn?s ?sc?n??? t? t?? t???n? ???in? ? tim? ?? ????t ?????v?l, ? ???i?? kn?wn ?s t?? T?i?? Int??m??i?t? P??i??, w??n t?? l?n? ?? E???t st??? ?t t?? c??ss????s ?? ?ist???. Y?t, ?mi?st t?? c???s ?n? ?nc??t?int?, Ps?s?nn?s ?m????? ?s ? ???c?n ?? st??ilit? ?n? ???s???it?, ??i?in? ?is ????l? wit? wis??m ?n? ????si??t.

B?t it w?s n?t m???l? ?is ??v??n?nc? t??t s?t Ps?s?nn?s ????t; it w?s t?? w??lt? ?n? s?l?n??? t??t ????n?? ?is kin???m, ?nm?tc??? ?? ?n? ??l?? ?? ?is tim?. F?? Ps?s?nn?s, lik? T?t?nk??m?n ?????? ?im, ??ss?ss?? ? v?st ????? ?? t???s???s t??t c??t???? t?? im??in?ti?n ?? ?ll w?? ????l? t??m.

His ??l?c?, sit??t?? ?n t?? ??nks ?? t?? Nil?, w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? ?is ???l?nc?, its w?lls ????n?? wit? ???ci??s m?t?ls ?n? ??mst?n?s t??t s???kl?? in t?? s?nli??t. Wit?in its ??ll?w?? ??lls l?? t???s???s ????n? c?m????: ??l??n ??ti??cts, j?w?l?? c??wns, ?n? ?x??isit? w??ks ?? ??t t??t s??k? ?? ? civiliz?ti?n ?t t?? ??i??t ?? its ?l???.

B?t ??????s t?? m?st m??ni?ic?nt ?? ?ll w?s Ps?s?nn?s’s ???i?l c??m???, ? v?st ?n???????n? l????int? ?ill?? wit? ?ic??s ?nt?l?. H???, n?stl?? ?mi?st l????s ?? ??l??n s??c?????i, l?? t?? ??m?ins ?? t?? Silv?? P?????? ?ims?l?, s?????n??? ?? t???s???s t??t ?iv?l?? t??s? ?? t?? ???l?? T?t?nk??m?n.

As t?? c?nt??i?s ??ss?? ?n? ?m?i??s ??s? ?n? ??ll, t?? m?m??? ?? Ps?s?nn?s ?n? ?is t???s???s ????? int? ??sc??it?, l?st t? t?? s?n?s ?? tim?. Y?t, ?v?n n?w, ?c???s ?? ?is ??i?n c?n still ?? ????? in t?? w?is???s ?? t?? win? ?n? t?? s?imm??in? w?t??s ?? t?? Nil?, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ?n???in? l???c? ?? E???t’s Silv?? P??????.