Pharaonic Egypt

E17478

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
Pharaonic period	6
Ancient Egyptian civilization	3
Ancient Egyptian religion	1
Ancient Egyptians	1
Pharaonic era	1
ancient Egyptian civilization	1

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.

Meidum Pyramid → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

ancient city of Memphis → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)

this entity surface form: Ancient Egyptian civilization

Narmer → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Osiris myth → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Philae → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Red Pyramid → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Sphinx Temple → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Step Pyramid of Djoser → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Temple of Amada → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Temple of Ramesses II at Derr → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Thoth → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Thutmose III → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Vatican Obelisk → culture → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Museum → eraCovered → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaonic period

Inside Ancient Egypt → focusesOn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Coffin Texts → geographicOrigin → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egypt

Department of Egyptian Antiquities → hasCollectionScope → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

South Australian Museum → hasCollectionType → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Lord of the West → hasCulturalContext → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Kingdom of Meroë → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Nile → hasCulturalSignificanceIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egyptian religion

Middle East and North Africa → hasHistoricalCivilization → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Nile Valley cultural landscape → hasHistoricalPeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaonic period

Northeast Africa → hasHistoricalRegion → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Late Bronze Age → hasLocation → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egypt

Neo-Assyrian expansion → hasLocation → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egypt

Ancient Mediterranean world → hasPart → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Emeralds → historicalAssociation → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Emerald

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Palestine → historicalControlBy → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Busiris → historicalPeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaonic period

Nile Valley → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pharaonic period

Syrian Wars → historicalRegionInvolved → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egypt

Derr, Lower Nubia → historicalRegionOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Nubia → historicallyInteractedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → locatedIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt → locatedIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Hellenistic period → mainRegion → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egypt

Piazza della Rotonda → obeliskOrigin → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Bronze Age → occursIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Early Dynastic Egypt → partOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt

Lower Egypt → partOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Lower Nubia → partOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

New Kingdom of Egypt → partOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Sais → partOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egyptian civilization

Ta-Mehu → partOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt

Waset → partOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Egyptian civilization

Great Sphinx of Tanis → period → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

Mishneh Torah → placeWritten → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egypt

ten plagues of Egypt → primaryLocation → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Ten Plagues of Egypt

this entity surface form: ancient Egypt