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ArabicName
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Manf
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GreekName
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Memphis
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UNESCOInscriptionYear
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1979
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UNESCOSiteId
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86
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UNESCOSiteName
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Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
ⓘ
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UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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yes
ⓘ
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ancientEgyptianName
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Ineb-hedj
ⓘ
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ancientEgyptianName
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Ineb-hedj
ⓘ
surface form:
Men-nefer
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associatedWithText
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Shabaka Stone
ⓘ
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capitalOf
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Early Dynastic Egypt
ⓘ
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capitalOf
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Egypt
ⓘ
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capitalOf
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Old Kingdom of Egypt
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surface form:
Old Kingdom Egypt
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capitalPeriod
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Early Dynastic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Early Dynastic Period
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capitalPeriod
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Old Kingdom of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Kingdom
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capitalPeriod
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parts of Middle Kingdom
ⓘ
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capitalPeriod
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parts of New Kingdom
ⓘ
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chiefGod
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Ptah
ⓘ
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country
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Egypt
ⓘ
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culture
|
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egyptian civilization
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declineCause
|
rise of Alexandria
ⓘ
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declinePeriod
|
Late Period of Egypt
ⓘ
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floruit
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3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
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foundedBy
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Narmer
ⓘ
surface form:
Menes
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foundedBy
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Narmer
ⓘ
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governorate
|
Giza Governorate
ⓘ
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hasDeity
|
Nefertem
ⓘ
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hasDeity
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Ptah
ⓘ
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hasDeity
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Sekhmet
ⓘ
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hasNecropolis
|
Abu Sir necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Sir
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hasNecropolis
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Dahshur necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Dahshur
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hasNecropolis
|
Giza
ⓘ
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hasNecropolis
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Saqqara necropolis
ⓘ
surface form:
Saqqara
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hasNotableMonument
|
Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
ⓘ
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hasNotableMonument
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Abu Simbel temples
ⓘ
surface form:
colossus of Ramesses II
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hasTemple
|
Great Temple of Ptah
ⓘ
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inception
|
early 3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
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instanceOf
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ancient city
ⓘ
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instanceOf
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archaeological site
ⓘ
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instanceOf
|
former national capital
ⓘ
|
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knownFor
|
administrative center of pharaonic state
ⓘ
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knownFor
|
crafts and workshops
ⓘ
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knownFor
|
statues and colossi of pharaohs
ⓘ
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locatedIn
|
Lower Egypt
ⓘ
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locatedIn
|
Lower Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Nile Delta region
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locatedNear
|
Giza
ⓘ
surface form:
Giza Plateau
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locatedNear
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Saqqara necropolis
ⓘ
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locatedNear
|
modern city of Cairo
ⓘ
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locatedOn
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west bank of the Nile
ⓘ
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modernLocality
|
Mit Rahina
ⓘ
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partOf
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Lower Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphite region
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region
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Africa
ⓘ
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religiousRole
|
center of the Memphite Theology
ⓘ
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significance
|
commercial center of ancient Egypt
ⓘ
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significance
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political center of ancient Egypt
ⓘ
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significance
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religious center of ancient Egypt
ⓘ
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strategicLocation
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apex of the Nile Delta
ⓘ
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tradeRole
|
hub between Upper and Lower Egypt
ⓘ
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