PYRAMIDS

'Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you'. Wis
e words in all probability, but a tall order when you have just become the phara
oh of a small and penniless country whose largesse - and indeed treasury - is un
likely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead fa
ther. And particularly when your only visible means of support is a recently acq
uired qualification from the Guild of Assassins where running a kingdom and basi
c financial acumen were not prerequisites for course entry...