Manf

E27177

ancient city archaeological site former national capital historical place

Manf is the Arabic name for the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, a historically significant capital near modern-day Cairo.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city → archaeological site → former national capital → historical place →
ancientName	Ineb-hedj → Men-nefer →
ArabicNameOf	Memphis (ancient Egypt) →
associatedWithDeity	Nefertem → Ptah → Sekhmet →
capitalOf	Old Kingdom of Egypt →
culturalRole	administrative center of ancient Egypt → religious center of the cult of Ptah →
declinePeriod	Late Period of ancient Egypt →
foundedInPeriod	Early Dynastic Period of Egypt →
greekName	Memphis →
hasRemains	Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis → colossal statue of Ramesses II →
hasTemple	Temple of Ptah →
languageContext	Arabic →
laterSupplantedBy	Alexandria → Cairo →
locatedInCountry	Egypt →
locatedInRegion	Lower Egypt →
locatedNear	Cairo → Giza Plateau →
locatedOn	west bank of the Nile →
modernSiteName	Mit Rahina →
nearNecropolis	Abu Rawash → Abu Sir → Dahshur → Giza → Saqqara →
partOf	Memphis and its Necropolis archaeological zone →
servedAs	capital of ancient Egypt →
significance	one of the oldest and most important cities of ancient Egypt →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf	Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Memphis (ancient city) →	ArabicName