Heliopolis

E288257

ancient Egyptian city cult center religious center

Heliopolis was an ancient Egyptian city that served as a major religious and cosmological center, especially associated with the sun god Ra and the Ennead of gods.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Heliopolis canonical	29
Heliopolis region	2
Heliopolis, Egypt	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian city ⓘ cult center ⓘ religious center ⓘ
ancientEgyptianName	Iunu ⓘ Iwnw ⓘ
associatedDeity	Atum ⓘ Geb ⓘ Isis ⓘ Nephthys ⓘ Nut ⓘ Osiris ⓘ Ra-Horakhty ⓘ Seth ⓘ Shu ⓘ Tefnut ⓘ
associatedMonument	benben stone ⓘ obelisks ⓘ
associatedMyth	Heliopolitan creation myth ⓘ
associatedWith	Ennead of Heliopolis ⓘ surface form: Ennead
cosmologicalConcept	benben stone ⓘ primeval mound ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
creationMythFeature	emergence of Ennead ⓘ self-creation of Atum ⓘ
cult	solar cult of Ra ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important site for priestly scholarship ⓘ major center of Egyptian theology ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
greekName	Heliopolis self-link ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains	obelisks and temple ruins ⓘ
influenced	Egyptian solar cults ⓘ later Greek and Roman views of Egyptian religion ⓘ
knownFor	solar theology ⓘ sun temples ⓘ
latinName	Heliopolis self-link ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear	Nile Delta ⓘ
meaningOfName	City of the Sun ⓘ
modernLocation	Ain Shams ⓘ surface form: Ain Shams, Cairo Heliopolis district ⓘ surface form: Heliopolis district of Cairo
partOf	Memphite region ⓘ
primaryDeity	Ra ⓘ Re ⓘ
religiousFunction	center of priesthood of Ra ⓘ site of major temples ⓘ
roleInReligion	cosmological center of creation myths ⓘ major cult center of Ra ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Nut → worshipPlace → Heliopolis ⓘ

Nephthys → worshipPlace → Heliopolis ⓘ

Ennead of Heliopolis → associatedWithCity → Heliopolis ⓘ

Ennead of Heliopolis → centerOfCult → Heliopolis ⓘ

Geb → cultCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Sothis → notableCultCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Amenhotep II → builtAt → Heliopolis ⓘ

Vatican Obelisk → origin → Heliopolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heliopolis, Egypt

Ra → majorCenterOfCult → Heliopolis ⓘ

Ra → associatedWithCity → Heliopolis ⓘ

Imhotep → workLocation → Heliopolis ⓘ

Obelisk of Augustus → originalLocation → Heliopolis ⓘ

Nun → worshipCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Tefnut → worshipCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Maat → cultCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Eye of Ra → cultCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Atum → worshipCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Maadi culture → hasArchaeologicalSite → Heliopolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heliopolis region

Manetho → placeOfActivity → Heliopolis ⓘ

Ma'at → worshipCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Ra-Horakhty → cultCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Neferirkare Kakai → cultCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

Heliopolis → greekName → Heliopolis self-link ⓘ

Heliopolis → latinName → Heliopolis self-link ⓘ

Shu → worshipPlace → Heliopolis ⓘ

Pesedjet → mostFamousFormAt → Heliopolis ⓘ

Pesedjet → centerOfCult → Heliopolis ⓘ

Pesedjet → IunuAlsoKnownAs → Heliopolis ⓘ

Sopdet → worshipCenter → Heliopolis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heliopolis region

Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon) → originallyFrom → Heliopolis ⓘ

subject surface form: Obelisk of Montecitorio

Ernst Jünger → notableWork → Heliopolis ⓘ

Piazza del Popolo → originalLocation → Heliopolis ⓘ

subject surface form: Flaminio Obelisk