Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 83
m policy. During the ancient empire itwas first at ]\Iemphis, and then moved to Abydos andother places in the south as the empire extended. When 62 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. Egypt was in the height of its glory the centre of govern-ment was chiefly at Thebes, but moving often accordingto revolution or… … Iii^. 87.—Tlie Great Pyramid of Klieops, and Small P3ramids; from Pcrring. i.V. 8c C.) empire shifted to nearly all the former places or capitalsand to Bubastis or Sais with each political change, Menes was the first historical king of Egypt, and wassupposed to have founded Memphis, where the…
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