Old Kingdom of Egypt

E8844
ancient Egyptian period civilization phase historical period

The Old Kingdom of Egypt was an early period of ancient Egyptian civilization, often called the "Age of the Pyramids," marked by centralized pharaonic power and the construction of monumental stone pyramids and tomb complexes.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Old Kingdom of Egypt canonical 183
Old Kingdom 57
Old Kingdom Egypt 8

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian period ⓘ
civilization phase ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Age of the Pyramids
capital Memphis ⓘ
country Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
declineCause political decentralization ⓘ
possible climate change and low Nile floods ⓘ
weakening of royal authority ⓘ
economicBase agriculture along the Nile ⓘ
state-controlled labor and corvée ⓘ
endTime c. 2181 BCE ⓘ
followedBy First Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ
follows Early Dynastic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hasMonument Bent Pyramid ⓘ
Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ
Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ
Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ
Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
Red Pyramid ⓘ
Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
hasSite Abu Rawash necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Abu Rawash

Abu Sir necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Abusir

Dahshur necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Dahshur

Giza ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Saqqara
knownFor artistic canon of Egyptian sculpture and relief ⓘ
centralized royal administration ⓘ
construction of pyramids ⓘ
development of monumental stone architecture ⓘ
elaborate royal mortuary complexes ⓘ
growth of state bureaucracy ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
notableRuler Djedefre ⓘ
Djoser ⓘ
Khafre ⓘ
Khufu ⓘ
Menkaure ⓘ
Pepi I Meryre ⓘ
Pepi II Neferkare ⓘ
Sahure ⓘ
Pharaoh Sneferu ⓘ
surface form: Sneferu

Userkaf ⓘ
partOf history of Ancient Egypt ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
rulingDynasty Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Third Dynasty of Egypt
socialStructure highly stratified society ⓘ
startTime c. 2686 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
hieratic script ⓘ

Referenced by (260)

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 → periodRepresented → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Great Pyramid of Giza → historicalPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
ancient city of Memphis → capitalOf → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom Egypt
ancient city of Memphis → capitalPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis (ancient city)
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Memphis → wasCapitalOf → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)
Pyramid of Khafre → constructionPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Red Pyramid → civilization → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Red Pyramid → period → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Pyramid of Menkaure → period → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Nile Valley cultural landscape → hasHistoricalPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Great Sphinx of Giza → estimatedConstructionPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt → alsoKnownAs → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Age of the Pyramids
Old Kingdom of Egypt → rulingDynasty → Old Kingdom of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Dynasty of Egypt
Osiris → worshipPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Pharaonic Egypt → period → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis → periodOfUse → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Dahshur necropolis → builtDuring → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Dahshur necropolis → periodOfUse → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Abu Sir necropolis → period → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Abu Rawash necropolis → period → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → partOf → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → era → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Tura limestone → historicalPeriodOfUse → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
King’s Chamber → era → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Red Crown → timePeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Wadjet → timePeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Bastet → worshipPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Khufu → period → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Deshret → timePeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Ta-Mehu → usedInPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Early Dynastic Egypt → precedes → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Early Dynastic Egypt → culturalContinuityWith → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Ptah → worshipPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Sekhmet → timePeriodOfWorship → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Nefertem → cultPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Ineb-hedj → capitalOf → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom Egypt
Ineb-hedj → timePeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Manf → capitalOf → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Mit Rahina museum area → culturalPeriodRepresented → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Khafre → reignPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
G3-b → period → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Great Temple of Ptah → associatedWithDynasty → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Pharaoh Sneferu → era → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
subject surface form: Sneferu
Nile Valley → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Department of Egyptian Antiquities → hasCollectionScope → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kingdom
Giza Pyramids → period → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Djoser → kingdom → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Djoser → era → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Old Kingdom
Userkaf → reignedInPeriod → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
First Intermediate Period of Egypt → follows → Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ