ancient city of Memphis

E4748
ancient city archaeological site former national capital

The ancient city of Memphis was a major capital of early dynastic and Old Kingdom Egypt, serving as a political, religious, and commercial center near the Nile Delta.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Memphis (ancient Egypt) 10
ancient Memphis 2
ancient city of Memphis canonical 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
former national capital ⓘ
ancientEgyptianName Ineb-hedj ⓘ
Ineb-hedj ⓘ
surface form: Men-nefer
ArabicName Manf ⓘ
associatedWithText Shabaka Stone ⓘ
capitalOf Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Old Kingdom Egypt
capitalPeriod Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Early Dynastic Period

Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Old Kingdom

parts of Middle Kingdom ⓘ
parts of New Kingdom ⓘ
chiefGod Ptah ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egyptian civilization
declineCause rise of Alexandria ⓘ
declinePeriod Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
floruit 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
foundedBy Narmer ⓘ
surface form: Menes

Narmer ⓘ
governorate Giza Governorate ⓘ
GreekName Memphis ⓘ
hasDeity Nefertem ⓘ
Ptah ⓘ
Sekhmet ⓘ
hasNecropolis Abu Sir necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Abu Sir

Dahshur necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Dahshur

Giza ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Saqqara
hasNotableMonument Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis ⓘ
Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
surface form: colossus of Ramesses II
hasTemple Great Temple of Ptah ⓘ
inception early 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
knownFor administrative center of pharaonic state ⓘ
crafts and workshops ⓘ
statues and colossi of pharaohs ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Egypt ⓘ
Lower Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Nile Delta region
locatedNear Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza Plateau

Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
modern city of Cairo ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Nile ⓘ
modernLocality Mit Rahina ⓘ
partOf Lower Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Memphite region
region Africa ⓘ
religiousRole center of the Memphite Theology ⓘ
significance commercial center of ancient Egypt ⓘ
political center of ancient Egypt ⓘ
religious center of ancient Egypt ⓘ
strategicLocation apex of the Nile Delta ⓘ
tradeRole hub between Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 86 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur → contains → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee, United States → namedAfter → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
this entity surface form: Memphis, Egypt
Saqqara necropolis → associatedWithCity → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, ancient capital of Egypt
Abu Sir necropolis → nearbySettlement → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Memphis
Manf → ArabicNameOf → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
Mit Rahina museum area → locatedNear → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Memphis
Great Temple of Ptah → partOf → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: temple complex of Memphis
Sahure → capital → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
catacombs of sacred bulls (Apis) → associatedCity → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
subject surface form: Catacombs of Sacred Bulls (Apis)
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egyptian capital)
Greater Cairo archaeological region → associatedWith → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
Baufra → associatedSite → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
Henutsen → residence → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
Meresankh I → associatedWithPlace → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
Persenet → residence → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
Nyuserre Ini → capital → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
Ankhesenpepi I → residence → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
Djedefhor → placeOfActivity → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)
Nubwenet → associatedWith → ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis (ancient Egypt)