mortuary temple of Ramesses III

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ancient Egyptian temple archaeological site mortuary temple

The mortuary temple of Ramesses III, also known as Medinet Habu, is a massive New Kingdom funerary complex near Luxor renowned for its well-preserved reliefs and inscriptions documenting the pharaoh’s reign and battles.

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Label Occurrences
Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III 2
mortuary temple at Medinet Habu 1
mortuary temple of Ramesses III canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
mortuary temple ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Medinet Habu ⓘ
Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu ⓘ
approximateDate 12th century BCE ⓘ
architecturalStyle New Kingdom temple architecture ⓘ
builder Ramesses III ⓘ
completion reign of Ramesses III ⓘ
constructionStart reign of Ramesses III ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
currentUse archaeological research site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
dedicatedTo Ramesses III ⓘ
dynasty 20th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt
excavatedBy various Egyptological missions ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu ⓘ
surface form: cult temple of Ramesses III

funerary temple ⓘ
hasPart chapels ⓘ
enclosure wall ⓘ
first pylon ⓘ
hypostyle hall ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
palace complex ⓘ
peristyle courts ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
second pylon ⓘ
towered gatehouses ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inscriptionsDescribe economic administration of the temple estate ⓘ
military campaigns of Ramesses III ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
workers’ strike at Deir el-Medina ⓘ
knownFor depictions of battles against the Sea Peoples ⓘ
inscriptions documenting the reign of Ramesses III ⓘ
large fortified enclosure walls ⓘ
well-preserved reliefs ⓘ
locatedIn Medinet Habu ⓘ
Theban Necropolis ⓘ
locatedNear Luxor ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Nile ⓘ
surface form: West Bank of the Nile
material mudbrick (enclosure walls) ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
partOf Thebes ⓘ
period New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ

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

west bank of the Nile → contains → mortuary temple of Ramesses III ⓘ
Medinet Habu → alsoKnownAs → mortuary temple of Ramesses III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III
Ramesses III → commissioned → mortuary temple of Ramesses III ⓘ
this entity surface form: mortuary temple at Medinet Habu
Theban Necropolis → hasNotableStructure → mortuary temple of Ramesses III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III