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Old Kingdom
Ancient Egyptian capital cities along the antiquity
The first and most enduring capital of Egypt was Memphis which is located southwest of modern Cairo, near the junction of Nile valley and the Delta.It was founded at the beginning of the Dynastic p…
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Masterpieces of Old Kingdom portraits
The accompanying illustrations are of objects in the Museum of Fine Arts. All are of the Fourth Dynasty (2680-2560 B.C.) and fall into two groups; first, portraits of private persons, high off…
Old Kingdom
Portraits in Ancient Egypt (part one)
It is peculiarly difficult for persons living in the twenty first century A.D. to acquire a sense of the personal reality of those who walked & earth in the twenty seve…
