Fifth Dynasty of Egypt

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Ancient Egyptian dynasty dynasty

The Fifth Dynasty of Egypt was a pharaonic line of the Old Kingdom era known for consolidating solar cult worship and commissioning major pyramid and sun temple constructions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt canonical	45
5th Dynasty of Egypt	1
Fifth Dynasty	1
Fifth Dynasty period	1
Fifth Dynasty royal house	1
Old Kingdom, Fifth Dynasty	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ancient Egyptian dynasty ⓘ dynasty ⓘ
associatedDeity	Osiris ⓘ Ra ⓘ
capital	Memphis ⓘ
culturalDevelopment	increased power of priesthood of Ra ⓘ standardization of royal titulary ⓘ
dynasticNumber	5 ⓘ
economicActivity	expeditions to Sinai ⓘ trade with Punt ⓘ
endTime	c. 2345 BC ⓘ
era	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Old Kingdom
followedBy	Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
follows	Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
governmentType	absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasPharaoh	Djedkare Isesi ⓘ Menkauhor Kaiu ⓘ Neferefre ⓘ Neferirkare Kakai ⓘ Nyuserre Ini ⓘ Sahure ⓘ Shepseskare ⓘ Unas ⓘ Userkaf ⓘ
hasRoyalNecropolis	Abu Sir necropolis ⓘ surface form: Abusir Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: Saqqara
knownFor	Pyramid Texts ⓘ surface form: Pyramid Texts inscriptions consolidation of the solar cult of Ra ⓘ construction of sun temples ⓘ development of royal funerary cults ⓘ pyramid construction at Saqqara and Abusir ⓘ
language	Egyptian language ⓘ
locatedIn	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
militaryActivity	campaigns in the Levant ⓘ
notableConstruction	Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi ⓘ Pyramid of Neferefre ⓘ Pyramid of Neferirkare Kakai ⓘ surface form: Pyramid of Neferirkare Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini ⓘ surface form: Pyramid of Nyuserre Pyramid of Sahure ⓘ Pyramid of Unas ⓘ Sun Temple of Nyuserre at Abu Ghurab ⓘ mortuary temple at Saqqara ⓘ surface form: Sun Temple of Userkaf at Abusir
partOf	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
precededBy	Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
sourceOfKnowledge	Manetho ⓘ surface form: Manetho’s Aegyptiaca Palermo Stone ⓘ South Saqqara Stone ⓘ
startTime	c. 2494 BC ⓘ
succeededBy	Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
writingSystem	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

Old Kingdom of Egypt → rulingDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Abu Sir necropolis → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Abu Sir necropolis → mainDevelopmentPeriod → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fifth Dynasty

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Userkaf → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt → follows → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Sahure → memberOfDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

sun temple of Userkaf (probable location nearby) → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Sun Temple of Userkaf (probable location nearby)

Abusir Papyri → associatedWithDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Memphis, Egypt → associatedWithDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 5th Dynasty of Egypt

sun temple of Niuserre (probable location nearby) → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Sun Temple of Niuserre

sun temple of Niuserre (probable location nearby) → pharaohOfBuilder → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Sun Temple of Niuserre

Pyramid of Unas → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Westcar Papyrus → associatedDynastyInProphecy → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Userkaf → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi → pharaohDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Shepseskaf → successorDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Mastaba of Ti → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Tomb of Ptahhotep → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Sahure → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Neferirkare Kakai → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Neferefre → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini → constructionPeriod → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Queen Khentkaus II → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Khentkaus I → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Wsr-kꜢ.f → associatedDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Wsr-kꜢ.f → royalHouse → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fifth Dynasty royal house

sun temple at Abu Ghurab → builtDuringDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Sun Temple at Abu Ghurab

mortuary temple at Saqqara → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Mortuary Temple at Saqqara

Neferhetepes II → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

House of Userkaf → partOf → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Unas → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Shepseskare → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Shepseskare → royalHouse → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Sun Temple of Nyuserre at Abu Ghurab → belongsToDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Menkauhor Kaiu → reignDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Menkauhor Kaiu → era → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Kingdom, Fifth Dynasty

Giza plateau inscriptions → chronology → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Neferirkare Kakai → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Netjerirenre (probable) → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Netjerirenre

Neferefre → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Neferefre → royalHouse → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Neferefre → period → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fifth Dynasty period

Nyuserre Ini → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Djedkare Isesi → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

House of Teti → precededBy → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Meretnebty (probable) → dynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Instruction of Ptahhotep → associatedDynasty → Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ