Pharaonic Egypt

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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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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

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Cambyses II ruledTerritory Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Ihnasya al-Madinah (Herakleopolis Magna) culture Pharaonic Egypt
subject surface form: Ihnasya al-Madinah
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Behbeit el-Hagar culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Derr, Lower Nubia historicalRegionOf Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Derr, Lower Nubia timePeriod Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Pharaonic era
South Australian Museum hasCollectionType Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Meidum Pyramid culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Palestine historicalControlBy Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Temple of Ramesses II at Derr culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Lebanon Mountains timberExportedTo Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Thutmose III culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Amenhotep II culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Ugarit tradedWith Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
west bank of the Nile associatedWith Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh usedIn Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Neo-Assyrian expansion hasLocation Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Syene country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Syene underRuleOf Pharaonic Egypt
Egyptian language family spokenIn Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Joseph takenTo Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Colossi of Memnon culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian spokenIn Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae associatedCivilization Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Swenett country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Vatican Obelisk culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Karnak Temple Complex culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
White Crown of Upper Egypt country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pi-Ramesses country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Egyptian cubit usedIn Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Punt tradedWith Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Ta Shemau country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ta Shemau usedInPeriod Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Pharaonic period
Ptolemy I Soter ruled Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Syrian Wars historicalRegionInvolved Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Waset country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Waset partOf Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egyptian civilization
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari culture Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian religion practicedIn Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
3rd Dynasty of Egypt country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Xerxes I territoryRuled Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Io endedWanderingsIn Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Io restoredToHumanFormIn Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Hatshepsut country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Jeroboam I exileLocation Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Thebaid country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Exodus from Egypt takesPlaceIn Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Al-Muqaddasi describedRegion Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Egypt
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt country Pharaonic Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt