Memphis

E4749

ancient city archaeological site

Memphis is an ancient Egyptian capital near modern Cairo, renowned as a major political, religious, and cultural center and closely associated with the nearby pyramid fields and necropolises.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Memphis canonical	112
Memphis region	7
Memphis (probable)	2
city of Memphis	2
Greek Memphis	1
Memphis (traditionally attributed)	1
Memphis and its Necropolis World Heritage Site	1
Memphis necropolis region	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName	Ineb-hedj ⓘ Ineb-hedj ⓘ surface form: Men-nefer Nefertem ⓘ surface form: Mn-nfr
approximateFoundationDate	c. 3100 BCE ⓘ
associatedDeity	Nefertem ⓘ Ptah ⓘ Sekhmet ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalRole	major cultural center of ancient Egypt ⓘ
declinePeriod	after rise of Alexandria ⓘ
economicRole	administrative and commercial hub of ancient Egypt ⓘ
egyptianNameMeaning	enduring and beautiful ⓘ
foundationPeriod	Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
foundedBy	Narmer ⓘ surface form: King Menes Narmer ⓘ
greekName	Memphis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
laterControl	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Empire Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt ⓘ Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
locatedNear	Abu Sir necropolis ⓘ Cairo ⓘ Dahshur necropolis ⓘ surface form: Dahshur pyramid field Giza ⓘ surface form: Giza pyramid complex Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
locatedOn	west bank of the Nile ⓘ
mainTemple	Great Temple of Ptah ⓘ surface form: Temple of Ptah
modernLocality	Mit Rahina ⓘ
nearbySite	Mit Rahina museum area ⓘ Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: Saqqara Step Pyramid of Djoser Abu Sir necropolis ⓘ surface form: pyramid fields of Abusir pyramid fields of Dahshur ⓘ Giza ⓘ surface form: pyramid fields of Giza
notableMonument	Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis ⓘ colossal statue of Ramesses II ⓘ
politicalRole	major political center of ancient Egypt ⓘ
religiousFunction	cult center of Ptah ⓘ important center for royal coronation rituals ⓘ
religiousRole	major religious center of ancient Egypt ⓘ
strategicLocation	at apex of Nile Delta ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1979 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType	Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	part of Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Egypt during Early Dynastic Period ⓘ Egypt during Late Period at times ⓘ Egypt during parts of the Middle Kingdom ⓘ Egypt during parts of the New Kingdom ⓘ Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ

Referenced by (127)

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 → mainCity → Memphis ⓘ

Great Pyramid of Giza → inscribedIn → Memphis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis and its Necropolis World Heritage Site

Lower Egypt → hasCapital → Memphis ⓘ

ancient city of Memphis → GreekName → Memphis ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)

Memphis → greekName → Memphis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → hasMajorCity → Memphis ⓘ

Old Kingdom of Egypt → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Stax Museum of American Soul Music → locatedInCity → Memphis ⓘ

Sun Studio → city → Memphis ⓘ

Pharaonic Egypt → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Ptolemaic Kingdom → majorCity → Memphis ⓘ

Saqqara necropolis → partOf → Memphis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis necropolis region

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → precededByCapital → Memphis ⓘ

Khufu → capitalDuringReign → Memphis ⓘ

Egyptians → ancientCapital → Memphis ⓘ

Ta-Mehu → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Early Dynastic Egypt → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Ptah → chiefCultCenter → Memphis ⓘ

Ptah → majorCultCenter → Memphis ⓘ

Ptah → associatedCity → Memphis ⓘ

Sekhmet → worshipCenter → Memphis ⓘ

Nefertem → majorCultCenter → Memphis ⓘ

Nefertem → worshippedIn → Memphis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis region

Ineb-hedj → laterKnownAs → Memphis ⓘ

Ineb-hedj → partOf → Memphis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis region

Late Period of Egypt → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Shabaka Stone → associatedCity → Memphis ⓘ

Manf → greekName → Memphis ⓘ

Mit Rahina → locatedNear → Memphis ⓘ

Mit Rahina → nearbyAncientCity → Memphis ⓘ

Mit Rahina museum area → associatedWithAncientCity → Memphis ⓘ

Great Temple of Ptah → locatedIn → Memphis ⓘ

Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis → associatedWith → Memphis ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Memphis

Djoser → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Djoser → governedFrom → Memphis ⓘ

Userkaf → capitalCityDuringReign → Memphis ⓘ

First Intermediate Period of Egypt → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Pepi II Neferkare → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Pepi II Neferkare → cultCenter → Memphis ⓘ

Pepi I Meryre → capital → Memphis ⓘ

Hathor → worshipPlace → Memphis ⓘ

Sothis → notableCultCenter → Memphis ⓘ

Serapis → majorCultCenter → Memphis ⓘ

Cambyses II → capturedCity → Memphis ⓘ

Amenhotep II → builtAt → Memphis ⓘ

Amenhotep II → notableInscriptionSite → Memphis ⓘ

Ptolemy I Soter → burialPlaceOfAlexander → Memphis ⓘ