Tanis

E301902

ancient city archaeological site

Tanis is an ancient city in the Nile Delta of Egypt that served as a significant religious and political center, particularly associated with the worship of major deities like Set and Amun.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tanis canonical	10
Pi-Ramesse	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName	Djanet ⓘ San al-Hagar al-Qibliyah ⓘ surface form: Ṣan al-Ḥagar
archaeologicalExcavationBy	Auguste Mariette ⓘ Pierre Montet NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPharaoh	Amenemope ⓘ Osorkon I ⓘ Psusennes I ⓘ Shoshenq I ⓘ Siamun ⓘ
builtWith	spolia from Pi-Ramesses ⓘ
capitalDuringDynasty	Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: 21st Dynasty Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: 22nd Dynasty
contains	Temple of Amun ⓘ Temple of Khonsu ⓘ Temple of Mut ⓘ colossal statues ⓘ obelisks ⓘ royal necropolis ⓘ royal tombs of 21st Dynasty pharaohs ⓘ sacred lake ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalPeriod	Late Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom (late phase) Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Third Intermediate Period
flourishedInPeriod	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Third Intermediate Period
hasArchaeologicalStatus	open-air site ⓘ
knownFor	gold funerary masks ⓘ rich burial treasures ⓘ silver coffins ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt ⓘ Nile Delta ⓘ Sharqia Governorate ⓘ
majorDeityWorshipped	Amun ⓘ Khonsu ⓘ Mut ⓘ Set ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement	San al-Hagar al-Qibliyah ⓘ surface form: San el-Hagar
nearbyAncientSite	Pi-Ramesses ⓘ
notableDiscovery	intact royal tombs of Psusennes I and other kings ⓘ
partOf	ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
religiousRole	cult center of Amun in the north ⓘ cult center of the Theban triad in the Delta ⓘ important cult center of Set ⓘ
servedAs	capital of Egypt ⓘ royal residence ⓘ
significance	political center ⓘ religious center ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Set → worshipCenter → Tanis ⓘ

Great Sphinx of Tanis → originalFindspot → Tanis ⓘ

Pi-Ramesses → hasAlternativeName → Tanis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pi-Ramesse

Pi-Ramesses → materialReusedAt → Tanis ⓘ

Third Intermediate Period of Egypt → capital → Tanis ⓘ

Nectanebo I → templeBuildingAt → Tanis ⓘ

Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → archaeologicalSite → Tanis ⓘ

Shoshenq I → burialPlace → Tanis ⓘ

Osorkon I → burialPlace → Tanis ⓘ

Osorkon II → majorBuildingActivityAt → Tanis ⓘ

Osorkon II → burialPlace → Tanis ⓘ