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Memphis is a ruined city beside the Nile. It
is 19km (12miles) South of Cairo,
Egypt. It was once the centre of the worship
of Ptah, it was the earliest capital of a
united Egypt under King Menes about 3200BC,
but was superseded by Thebes under the new
empire 1570BC.
Subject by: Andrew Longhorn