Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Egypt encompassing the ancient capital of Memphis and its surrounding pyramid complexes, tombs, and funerary monuments that illustrate the development of Old Kingdom royal burial practices.

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Label Occurrences
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur canonical 26
Memphis and its Necropolis 2
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur" 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
associatedWith Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
capital of the Old Kingdom ⓘ
development of pyramid architecture ⓘ
royal funerary practices ⓘ
bufferZone yes ⓘ
contains Abu Rawash necropolis ⓘ
Abu Sir necropolis ⓘ
Dahshur necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Bent Pyramid

Dahshur necropolis ⓘ
Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza pyramid complex

Mastaba tombs of nobles ⓘ
Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ
Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ
surface form: Pyramid of Khufu

Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
Red Pyramid ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Step Pyramid of Djoser

ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
causeways ⓘ
funerary temples ⓘ
valley temples ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
criteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
governingBody Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
hasPart funerary monuments ⓘ
mastabas ⓘ
pyramid fields ⓘ
rock-cut tombs ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
latitude 29.98N (approximate) ⓘ
locatedIn Beni Suef Governorate ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
surface form: Cairo Governorate

Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza Governorate
longitude 31.13E (approximate) ⓘ
mainCity Memphis ⓘ
notableFor art and inscriptions of Old Kingdom elites ⓘ
evolution of royal tombs from mastabas to pyramids ⓘ
monumental stone architecture ⓘ
partOf Nile Valley cultural landscape ⓘ
periodRepresented Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
UNESCORegion Arab world ⓘ
surface form: Arab States
UNESCOSiteId 86 ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Giza → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
subject surface form: Giza pyramid complex
Great Pyramid of Giza → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
ancient city of Memphis → UNESCOSiteName → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)
Memphis → locatedIn → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)
Pyramid of Khafre → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Red Pyramid → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Red Pyramid → category → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Sites in Egypt
Pyramid of Menkaure → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Dahshur necropolis → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Dahshur necropolis → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Ineb-hedj → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWith → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis and its Necropolis
Manf → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Mit Rahina → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Mit Rahina museum area → partOfArchaeologicalZone → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis and its Necropolis
Giza Governorate → hasHeritageSite → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Giza Pyramids → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Step Pyramid of Djoser → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Bent Pyramid → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
catacombs of sacred bulls (Apis) → heritageStatus → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
subject surface form: Catacombs of Sacred Bulls (Apis)
this entity surface form: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur"
Memphis necropolis → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Memphis, Egypt → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Tomb of Horemheb (Saqqara) → UNESCOSite → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Serapeum of Saqqara → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Pyramid of Teti → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Memphite necropolis → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Pyramid of Queen Khentkaus II → heritageStatus → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
this entity surface form: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur"
Pyramid of Queen Khentkaus II → UNESCOSite → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Badrashin district → hasHeritageStatus → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component (Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur)
Memphis open-air museum → heritageContext → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Valley Temple of Khafre → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
Men-nefer → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
mortuary temple at Saqqara → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
subject surface form: Mortuary Temple at Saqqara
South Tomb → heritageContext → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site: Memphis and its Necropolis
Southern Shining Pyramid → partOf → Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ