Kahun

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ancient Egyptian town archaeological site planned workers’ settlement

Kahun was an ancient Egyptian workers’ town built to house the laborers and officials involved in constructing and servicing the pyramid complex of Pharaoh Senusret II.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lahun 2
Kahun workers’ town 1
pyramid town of Lahun 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian town ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
planned workers’ settlement ⓘ
abandonedAfter reign of Senusret II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lahun NERFINISHED ⓘ
el-Lahun town NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Middle Kingdom Egyptian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Senusret II NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor pyramid complex of Senusret II NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
dynasty 12th Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavatedBy Flinders Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStartYear 1889 ⓘ
foundedInCentury 19th century BCE ⓘ
hasFeature administrative buildings ⓘ
differentiated housing sizes ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
temples ⓘ
walled town area ⓘ
workshops ⓘ
hasType company town ⓘ
workers’ town ⓘ
languageOfDocuments Middle Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAt el-Lahun NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Faiyum region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear pyramid of Senusret II NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter nearby modern village of Lahun ⓘ
notableFor administrative documents ⓘ
evidence of Middle Kingdom daily life ⓘ
household records ⓘ
large corpus of papyri ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
mathematical papyri ⓘ
medical papyri ⓘ
veterinary papyri ⓘ
period Middle Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesEvidenceFor Middle Kingdom administration ⓘ
Middle Kingdom economy ⓘ
Middle Kingdom religion ⓘ
Middle Kingdom social organization ⓘ
purpose housing officials ⓘ
housing pyramid workers ⓘ
servicing pyramid complex ⓘ
supporting pyramid construction ⓘ
rediscoveredBy Flinders Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialStructure craftsmen ⓘ
officials ⓘ
overseers ⓘ
workers ⓘ
urbanPlan orthogonal street grid ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Senusret II → associatedSite → Kahun ⓘ
sarcophagus of Senusret II (empty when found) → associatedSite → Kahun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lahun
Hawara → locatedNear → Kahun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lahun
Pyramid of Senusret II → associatedWith → Kahun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kahun workers’ town
Pyramid of Senusret II → associatedWith → Kahun ⓘ
this entity surface form: pyramid town of Lahun