2-714-356 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Psammetichus and the Bronze Helmet', 1890. Psammetichus I (664-610) king of the 26th Dynasty of Egypt used his helmet for libation in the Temple of Hephaestus, other kings then exiled him to the desert. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]