Saite Renaissance

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cultural revival historical period

The Saite Renaissance was a period of cultural and artistic revival in 26th Dynasty Egypt, marked by a deliberate return to Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom styles and traditions.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Saite Period	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural revival ⓘ historical period ⓘ
follows	Kushite Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Saite Period cultural revival NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidence	Saite-period funerary equipment ⓘ Saite-period statuary ⓘ Saite-period temple reliefs ⓘ
hasArtisticOutput	elaborate sarcophagi with archaizing decoration ⓘ reliefs with retrograde stylistic features ⓘ statues imitating Old Kingdom prototypes ⓘ
hasAssociatedCity	Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ Naukratis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCenter	Sais NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature	archaising hieroglyphic forms ⓘ archaising sculpture ⓘ renewed interest in classical Egyptian literature ⓘ revival of Middle Kingdom artistic styles ⓘ revival of Old Kingdom artistic styles ⓘ revival of traditional religious practices ⓘ standardization of artistic canon ⓘ
hasDynastyNumber	26 ⓘ
hasEconomicFeature	growth of Mediterranean trade ⓘ use of Greek mercenaries ⓘ
hasEndTime	6th century BCE ⓘ
hasIntellectualFeature	compilation of earlier religious and literary texts ⓘ
hasLanguageFeature	conservative written Egyptian ⓘ use of archaic orthography ⓘ
hasLocation	Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainRuler	Amasis II NERFINISHED ⓘ Apries NERFINISHED ⓘ Necho II NERFINISHED ⓘ Psamtik I NERFINISHED ⓘ Psamtik II NERFINISHED ⓘ Psamtik III NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext	Assyrian decline in the Near East ⓘ increased contact with Greek world ⓘ rise of Babylonian power ⓘ
hasReligiousFeature	renewed emphasis on traditional temple cults ⓘ restoration of older temple complexes ⓘ
hasStartTime	7th century BCE ⓘ
influences	Late Period Egyptian art ⓘ Persian-period Egyptian artistic traditions ⓘ
partOf	Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Psamtik II → associatedWith → Saite Renaissance ⓘ

Saite Egypt → alsoKnownAs → Saite Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saite Period