Show DIGGING UP OLD CITY st to excavate in ruins of memphis cairo the most important excava eions ever attempted are to be begun shortly under the direction of prof flinders petrie the celebrated who has worked 24 years among the ancient monuments of egypt the professor has returned here from england for the purpose of beginning the excavation of memphis the ancient capital of egypt which has never yet been properly explored the sites of the temples at mem aphis which cover a great area include that of atah founded by the creator of the first dynasty adjoining it was the temple of isis and the shrine of the foreign aphrodite at one time a graat cosmopolitan center it Is expected that memphis will prove a mine of sculpts and statu ary by mere chance nine statues have been found there already and systematic search Is sure to reveal a great s ore of treasures As a great capital and social center for 6 years memphis should yield an enor harvest the school of art it memphis was the finest in egypt and the temple of atah the god of crafts men may be expected to con am its best work |