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

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.

Artaxerxes I of Persia → regionRuled → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt
Djedefre → regionRuled → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Khafre → regionRuled → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Thutmose IV → regionRuled → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt
Ptolemy I Soter → ruled → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt
Menkaure → ruledOver → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pepi II Neferkare → ruledOver → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Cambyses II → ruledTerritory → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt
Cleopatra (1934 film) → setInPeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
The Mummy → setInPeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Gods of Egypt → setting → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian → spokenIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Egyptian language family → spokenIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Egyptology → studies → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Nile Valley → supportedCivilization → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Joseph → takenTo → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt
Universal Studios Singapore → themedZone → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Lebanon Mountains → timberExportedTo → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Derr, Lower Nubia → timePeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharaonic era
Lord of Djedu → timePeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
Sais → timePeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
Aegean Bronze Age → tradedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Phoenician civilization → tradedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Punt → tradedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Southern Arabia → tradedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ugarit → tradedWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt
Mycenaean civilization → tradesWith → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt
this entity surface form: ancient Egypt
Syene → underRuleOf → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
Egyptian cubit → usedIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Egyptian hieroglyphs → usedIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh → usedIn → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Egypt
Ta-Mehu → usedInPeriod → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharaonic period
Herodotus → workSubject → Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Egypt