inscription pen and ink u.c. Assyrian and Egyptian Sculpture/Egyptian Art earliest art known to Hist./Egyptian History divided into 3 periods./1 (circled) The Ancient Empire 1^st – 4^th Dynasties/Capital – Memphis/1^st king – Mena – o –es 4000 BC./3700 Seneferu – Khu-fu or Cheops/builder of the grt pyramid + Sphinx./2 (circled) Middle Empire – Cap – Thebes-comprising 11^th to 20^th dyns a (circled) The old Theban Empire 11^th – 16^th dyns/b (circled) The New Theban Emp 16-20^th dyns./13^th-16^th dyns a confused period about which little is known. During this period the/Hyksos or Shepherd Kings reigned in Egypt/These latter were driven out + with the new Theban Empire one of the most glorious periods/of Art set in i.e Rameses period from 1^st +2^nd /builders of temples/3 (circled) The New Empire – Sais – cap.21^st-30^th dyns