Lower Egypt

E3708

historical region region of ancient Egypt

Lower Egypt is the northern, Nile Delta region of ancient Egypt, encompassing the fertile lands around the river’s mouth and key cities such as Giza.

Aliases (6)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region → region of ancient Egypt →
borders	Upper Egypt →
characterizedBy	fertile alluvial soil → marshy wetlands →
contains	Bubastis → Giza → Heliopolis → Sais →
country	Egypt →
hasAdministrativeDivision	nomes →
hasArchaeologicalSites	Abusir → Giza pyramid complex → Saqqara →
hasCapital	Memphis →
hasClimate	Mediterranean-influenced →
hasCoastlineOn	Mediterranean Sea →
hasColor	red →
hasCrownName	Deshret →
hasCrownType	Red Crown of Lower Egypt →
hasDeity	Bastet → Neith → Wadjet →
hasDirectionInEgyptianCosmology	north →
hasEconomicBase	flax cultivation → grain cultivation → papyrus production →
hasEgyptianName	Ta-Mehu → Ta-Mehyt →
hasMainRiver	Nile →
hasNumberOfNomesApprox	20 →
hasPlantSymbol	papyrus →
hasSymbol	Red Crown →
knownFor	agricultural productivity → dense population in antiquity →
languageInAntiquity	Egyptian language →
laterUnderControlOf	Arab Caliphate → Byzantine Empire → Ptolemaic Kingdom → Roman Empire →
locatedIn	Nile Delta → northern Egypt →
partOf	ancient Egypt →
strategicImportance	access to Mediterranean trade routes → control of Nile Delta →
unificationDateApprox	c. 3100 BCE →
unifiedByTradition	Menes → Narmer →
wasUnifiedWith	Upper Egypt →
writingSystemInAntiquity	Egyptian hieroglyphs →

Referenced by (81)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexandria Governorate ("Northern Egypt") → Borg El Arab ("Northern Egypt") → Borg El Arab Airport ("northern Egypt") → Bubastis → Busiris → Cairo Governorate → Early Dynastic Egypt → Ineb-hedj → Kellia → Lower Egypt ("Nile Delta") → Memphis (Egypt) → Memphis (ancient city) → Memphis (ancient city) ("Nile Delta region") → Pelusium → Predynastic Egypt → Qalyubia Governorate → Sais → Scetes → Sixth Dynasty of Egypt → Zagazig →	locatedIn
Black Pyramid → Damanhur, Egypt → El Alamein ("northern Egypt") → Great Temple of Ptah → Greater Cairo metropolitan area → Greater Cairo metropolitan area ("Nile Delta region") → Manf → Mit Abu al-Kum → Mit Rahina → Mit Rahina museum area → Shubra El Kheima → Tanta →	locatedInRegion
Alexandria ("Nile Delta") → Ancient Egyptian → Badr City → Bent Pyramid → Damietta ("northern Egypt") → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → Giza → Heliopolis Presidential Palace → Mamluk Sultanate → Nazlet El-Semman → Pi-Ramesses →	region
Canopus → Damietta → Memphis (ancient city) ("Memphite region") →	partOf
Cairo → Egyptian language family →	historicalRegion
Alexandria Governorate → Giza Governorate →	partOfRegion
Borg El Arab Airport ("Nile Delta") → Cairo–Alexandria line →	regionServed
Red Crown →	associatedRegion
Wadjet →	associatedWith
Deshret →	associatedWithRegion
Central Egypt →	between
Central Egypt →	borderDirectionFrom
Giza railway station →	connectsRegion
Ta Shemau →	counterpartEnglishName
Wadjet ("Buto in the Nile Delta") →	cultCenter
Bastet →	cultCenterIn
Wadjet →	domain
Lord of Djedu →	geographicalContext
Cairo–Damietta line →	geographicArea
Pharaoh →	governed
Nile ("Nile Delta") →	hasDelta
Mediterranean Basin ("Nile Delta") →	hasKeyRiverMouth
Satrapy of Egypt →	hasPart
Upper Egypt →	oppositeOf
Neith →	patronOf
Egyptian Arabic →	primaryRegion
Ta-Mehu →	refersTo
Narmer →	regionOfRule
Djoser →	regionRuled
Red Crown →	represents
Menkaure →	ruledFromRegion
Userkaf →	ruledRegion
Deshret →	symbolizes
Copts ("Nile Delta") →	traditionalRegion
Neith →	worshipCenter
Nefertem →	worshippedIn