Menkaure mortuary temple

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ancient Egyptian mortuary temple archaeological site funerary temple

The Menkaure mortuary temple is an ancient Egyptian funerary complex adjoining the Pyramid of Menkaure at Giza, built to serve as the king’s cult center and site of ongoing offerings after his death.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Menkaure causeway 1
Menkaure valley temple 1
funerary complex of Menkaure 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian mortuary temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
funerary temple ⓘ
adjacentTo Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
architecturalStyle ancient Egyptian temple architecture ⓘ
associatedDeity Menkaure ⓘ
surface form: deified King Menkaure
associatedWith Menkaure mortuary temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Menkaure valley temple

Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
surface form: pyramid complex of Menkaure
connectedTo Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
dedicatedTo Menkaure ⓘ
surface form: Pharaoh Menkaure
dynasty Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
era 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
function cult center of King Menkaure ⓘ
site of ongoing offerings after Menkaure’s death ⓘ
hasComponent courtyard ⓘ
cult chapels ⓘ
offering rooms ⓘ
hasType royal mortuary temple ⓘ
heritageContext part of the Giza pyramids UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Giza ⓘ
Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza Plateau

Giza Pyramids ⓘ
surface form: Giza pyramid complex
materialUsed stone ⓘ
near Cairo ⓘ
partOf Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza Necropolis

Menkaure mortuary temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: funerary complex of Menkaure
period Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
purpose to maintain the funerary cult of Menkaure ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
usedFor funerary ceremonies ⓘ
ritual offerings ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Menkaure → artifactsFoundAt → Menkaure mortuary temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: mortuary temple of Menkaure
Menkaure mortuary temple → associatedWith → Menkaure mortuary temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menkaure valley temple
Pyramid of Menkaure → hasAssociatedStructure → Menkaure mortuary temple ⓘ
Pyramid of Menkaure → hasAssociatedStructure → Menkaure mortuary temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Menkaure causeway
Menkaure mortuary temple → partOf → Menkaure mortuary temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: funerary complex of Menkaure