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true and 2 that the spiral came from Crete into Egypt. 3 2 In Architecture— Bell in speaking ofthe palace of Amenhotep IV, situated uponthe right bank of the Nile two hundred milesbelow Thebes says, It is said that thespiral was first used as an architecturalornament in this building. However… … found as wall and ceiling decorations in the Theban tombs of ± the XVIII to the Xa dynasties, the use of spiral ornamentbecoming well authenticated and much used from that time on. Nor was the spiral ornament of . f^u the lotus type confined to Egypt.Many examples have been found inearly Greek…
