Ptolemy X - Paris, France
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N 48° 51.666 E 002° 20.138
31U E 451271 N 5412227
King of Egypt from 110 BC to 109 BC and 107 BC till 88 BC.
Waymark Code: WME7BT
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 04/13/2012
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This bust of Ptolemy X is located in the Greek Aniquities Room 11 of the Louvre Museum. It depicts Ptolomy X as a young man with short-cropped hair. The nose is missing. He has the remnants of the "uraeus" or stylized cobra above his forehead indicating that he was Pharoah. The black stone bust is approximately 13 inches tall.
Wikipedia (
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"Ptolemy X Alexander I... was King of Egypt from 110 BC to 109 BC and 107 BC till 88 BC.
He was the son of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III. In 110 BC he became King with his mother as co-regent, after his mother had deposed his brother Ptolemy IX Lathyros. However, in 109 BC he was deposed by Ptolemy IX. In 107 BC he became King again, and again with his mother as co-regent. In 101 BC he had his mother killed, and ruled either alone or with his niece/wife, Berenice III.
When he died, Ptolemy IX regained the throne. When Ptolemy IX died, Ptolemy X's wife Berenice III took over the throne for six months."