Pharaonic Egypt

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ancient civilization historical period

Pharaonic Egypt refers to the ancient Egyptian civilization ruled by a succession of divine kings (pharaohs), renowned for its monumental architecture, hieroglyphic writing, and complex religious and funerary traditions.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Ancient Egypt 78
ancient Egypt 23
Egypt 16

Statements (108)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient civilization ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
architectureType hypostyle hall ⓘ
mastaba ⓘ
pyramid ⓘ
rock-cut tomb ⓘ
artStyle canon of proportions ⓘ
frontalism ⓘ
burialPractice mummification ⓘ
tomb construction ⓘ
burialText Book of the Dead ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ
Pyramid Texts ⓘ
calendarType lunar calendar ⓘ
solar calendar ⓘ
capital Memphis ⓘ
Pi-Ramesses ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
country Pharaonic Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
currency barter economy ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
trade ⓘ
endTime 30 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Egypt
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle pharaoh ⓘ
inception unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
keyConcept maʿat ⓘ
knownFor colossal statues ⓘ
complex funerary traditions ⓘ
hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
mummification ⓘ
obelisk construction ⓘ
pyramids ⓘ
solar and lunar calendars ⓘ
temples ⓘ
legalSystem customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Nile Valley ⓘ
Northeast Africa ⓘ
majorDeity Amun ⓘ
Anubis ⓘ
Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
majorPharaoh Akhenaten ⓘ
Hatshepsut ⓘ
Khafre ⓘ
Khufu ⓘ
Menkaure ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
Ramesses III ⓘ
Thutmose III ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
majorRiver Nile ⓘ
majorSite Giza Pyramids ⓘ
surface form: Giza pyramid complex

Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor Temple ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ
maʿatRepresents cosmic order ⓘ
justice ⓘ
truth ⓘ
measurementSystem Egyptian cubit ⓘ
officialLanguage Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
partOf ancient Near East ⓘ
history of Egypt ⓘ
period Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt

First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt

Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
socialClass artisans ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
pharaoh ⓘ
priests ⓘ
scribes ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
socialStructure hierarchical society ⓘ
startTime c. 3100 BCE ⓘ
tradeGoods gold ⓘ
grain ⓘ
incense ⓘ
linen ⓘ
papyrus ⓘ
stone ⓘ
tradePartner Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Nubia ⓘ
Punt ⓘ
unifiedBy Narmer ⓘ
surface form: Menes

Narmer ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
right-to-left ⓘ
top-to-bottom ⓘ
writingMaterial papyrus ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
demotic script ⓘ
hieratic script ⓘ

Referenced by (136)

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

Egyptians → ancientCivilization → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh’s daughter → associatedPlace → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt
Bronze Age → associatedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egyptians
Unfinished Obelisk → associatedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharaonic period
west bank of the Nile → associatedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Mit Rahina → associatedWithCulture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
Mit Rahina → associatedWithPeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Lower Nubia → borderRegionBetween → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Abu Sir necropolis → civilization → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Busiris → civilization → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Great Pyramid of Giza → civilization → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Kubban → civilization → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Deshret → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Horus of Kubban → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ineb-hedj → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Late Period of Egypt → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Middle Kingdom of Egypt → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pelusium → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pharaonic Egypt → country → Pharaonic Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pi-Ramesses → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Red Crown → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Sahure → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh Sneferu → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
subject surface form: Sneferu
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Swenett → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Syene → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ta Shemau → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Waset → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
White Crown of Upper Egypt → country → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian art → countryOfOrigin → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Shabaka Stone → countryOfOrigin → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Sothis → countryOfOrigin → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Inside Ancient Egypt → culturalContext → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Dahshur necropolis → culturalPeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Amenhotep II → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Behbeit el-Hagar → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Black Pyramid → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Colossi of Memnon → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
G3-b → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Giza Pyramids → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Great Sphinx of Giza → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egyptian civilization
Great Sphinx of Tanis → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Karnak Temple Complex → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt