ABSTRACT
Έ )Y calling their people to take a share in the adminis-^ tration, by giving every one, according to his social position and his capacity, a certain access to political and religious rights, and by making laws which were inspired by justice and applied by trained and conscientious officials, the Theban Pharaohs of the Xllth and XVIIIth Dynasties prevented any return of the social revolutions which had upset Egypt at the end of the Old Kingdom. In the good years of the Kings of the XVIIIth Dynasty, one has the impression that Egypt has reached a decree of prosperity which she will never surpass, that the King is the “ good shepherd ” who knows how to lead his flock, and that the Government has managed to adapt itself, with a rare success, to the natural conditions of the country.
