Mit Rahina

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Mit Rahina is a modern Egyptian village located near the ruins of ancient Memphis, serving as a key archaeological and historical site.

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Label Occurrences
Mit Rahina canonical 10
Mit Rahina village 1
Mit Rahinah 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
human settlement
village
administrativeDivision Badrashin Markaz
archaeologicalImportance hosts key remains of the ancient capital Memphis
associatedWithCulture Pharaonic Egypt
associatedWithPeriod Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
climate hot desert climate
contains Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
colossal statue of Ramesses II
open-air museum of Memphis
remains of the temple of Ptah at Memphis
country Egypt
distanceFromCairo approximately 20 km south of central Cairo
governorateCapitalNearby Giza
hasAlternativeName Mit Rahina
surface form: Mit Rahina village

Mit Rahina
surface form: Mit Rahinah

Mit Rahina
surface form: Mit Rahineh
hasArabicName ميت رهينة
hasMuseum Mit Rahina museum area
surface form: Mit Rahina open-air museum
heritageStatus part of Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
historicalSignificance gateway to the ruins of ancient Memphis
languageSpoken Egyptian Arabic
locatedIn Badrashin district
Giza Governorate
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt
locatedInValley Nile Valley
locatedNear Memphis
locatedOn west bank of the Nile
nearbyAncientCity Memphis
nearbyArchaeologicalSite Memphis necropolis
surface form: Memphis archaeological zone
nearbyRiver Nile
nearbySite Abu Sir necropolis
surface form: Abu Sir

Dahshur necropolis
surface form: Dahshur

Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara
partOf Greater Cairo metropolitan area
surface form: Greater Cairo region
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
religionPracticed Islam
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
touristAttraction Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
surface form: Alabaster Sphinx

Memphis open-air museum
colossal Ramesses II statue
transportAccess road connection from Cairo to Saqqara area
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteOf Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

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ancient city of Memphis modernLocality Mit Rahina
subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)
Memphis modernLocality Mit Rahina
subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)
Ineb-hedj nearModernTown Mit Rahina
Manf modernSiteName Mit Rahina
Mit Rahina hasAlternativeName Mit Rahina
this entity surface form: Mit Rahinah
Mit Rahina hasAlternativeName Mit Rahina
this entity surface form: Mit Rahineh
Mit Rahina hasAlternativeName Mit Rahina
this entity surface form: Mit Rahina village
Mit Rahina museum area locatedIn Mit Rahina
Memphite necropolis contains Mit Rahina
Badrashin district contains Mit Rahina