Ta-Mehu

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ancient Egyptian toponym historical region

Ta-Mehu is the ancient Egyptian name for Lower Egypt, the northern region of the Nile Valley encompassing the Nile Delta.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ta Mehu 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian toponym ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Deshret ⓘ
Red Crown ⓘ
surface form: Red Crown of Lower Egypt
borderedBy Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
capital Memphis ⓘ
contrastedWith Ta-Shema ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
correspondsTo northern modern Egypt ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo term for papyrus marshlands ⓘ
governedBy Pharaoh ⓘ
surface form: kings of Lower Egypt
hasClimate Mediterranean-influenced climate ⓘ
hasDeity Wadjet ⓘ
Wadjet ⓘ
surface form: cobra goddess Wadjet
hasDirection north ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
grain production ⓘ
papyrus harvesting ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature Nile Delta ⓘ
hasPoliticalSignificance seat of early Egyptian kings ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance location of major temple centers in the Delta ⓘ
hasRole constituent region of unified Egypt ⓘ
hasSymbol bee ⓘ
papyrus plant ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
knownFor dense population centers ⓘ
fertile alluvial soils ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
languageOfName Egyptian language ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Egypt
locatedIn Nile Delta ⓘ
northern Nile Valley ⓘ
nameInLanguage ancient Egyptian ⓘ
partOf Two Lands of Egypt ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egypt
refersTo Lower Egypt ⓘ
traversedBy Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
usedInPeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom

Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Old Kingdom

Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Pharaonic period

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ta Shemau → counterpart → Ta-Mehu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ta Mehu
Lower Egypt → hasEgyptianName → Ta-Mehu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ta Mehu