Memphis, Egypt

E118913

ancient city archaeological site

Memphis, Egypt was the ancient capital of Lower Egypt and a major political and religious center near the Nile, renowned for its temples and proximity to the vast necropolis of Saqqara.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Memphis, Egypt canonical	8
Memphis (ancient Egypt)	2
Memphis region of Egypt	1
Men-nefer (Memphis)	1
Mit Rahina (ancient Memphis)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: 1st Dynasty of Egypt 3rd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: 4th Dynasty of Egypt Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: 5th Dynasty of Egypt Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: 6th Dynasty of Egypt
capitalOf	Lower Egypt ⓘ Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ unified ancient Egypt ⓘ
coordinateLocation	29.849°N 31.255°E ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
declinePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity	Nefertem ⓘ Ptah ⓘ Sekhmet ⓘ
economy	crafts and workshops ⓘ trade hub ⓘ
excavatedBy	Auguste Mariette ⓘ Flinders Petrie ⓘ
foundedBy	Narmer ⓘ surface form: Menes Narmer ⓘ
function	administrative center ⓘ political center ⓘ religious center ⓘ
hasAncientName	Ptah ⓘ surface form: Hut-ka-Ptah Ineb-hedj ⓘ Men-nefer ⓘ
hasPart	Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis ⓘ colossal statue of Ramesses II ⓘ Great Temple of Ptah ⓘ surface form: ruins of Temple of Ptah
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	c. 3100 BCE ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Giza Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear	Nile ⓘ surface form: Nile River Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: Saqqara
mainTemple	Great Temple of Ptah ⓘ surface form: Temple of Ptah
nameEtymology	Greek name Memphis derived from Men-nefer ⓘ
nearbyNecropolis	Abu Rawash necropolis ⓘ surface form: Abu Rawash Abu Sir necropolis ⓘ surface form: Abu Sir Dahshur necropolis ⓘ surface form: Dahshur Giza ⓘ Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: Saqqara
partOf	Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
presentDayNearbyCity	Cairo ⓘ
presentDayNearbySettlement	Mit Rahina ⓘ
religiousFunction	major cult center of Ptah ⓘ
replacedBy	Alexandria ⓘ Fustat ⓘ
significantPeriod	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Old Kingdom
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	86 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saqqara necropolis → locatedNear → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis → locatedIn → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

catacombs of sacred bulls (Apis) → locatedNear → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Catacombs of Sacred Bulls (Apis)

Memphis → namedAfter → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Greater Cairo archaeological region → hasPart → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mit Rahina (ancient Memphis)

Lord of Memphis → associatedCity → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)

Badrashin Markaz → locatedNear → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

Badrashin district → locatedNear → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

Memphis open-air museum → locatedIn → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

Memphis open-air museum → associatedWithAncientCity → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Men-nefer (Memphis)

Wsr-kꜢ.f → geographicalContext → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis region of Egypt

Neferhetepes II → residence → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)

Southern Shining Pyramid → locatedNear → Memphis, Egypt ⓘ