Men-nefer

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Men-nefer is the ancient Egyptian name for the city later known as Memphis, a major political and religious center near modern Cairo.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Henen-nesut 2
Men-nefer canonical 2
Mennefer 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
historical place
approximateLocation south of modern Cairo
associatedDeity Nefertem
Ptah
Sekhmet
country Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalSignificance center of the cult of Ptah
important administrative center of ancient Egypt
eraOfProminence Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian
laterKnownAs Memphis
laterLanguageName Arabic Manf
Coptic Menfe
Greek Memphis
linked to: Memphis
linkedToRuler Pepi I Meryre
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt
locatedNear modern Cairo
linked to: New Cairo
locatedOnRiver Nile
mainTemple Temple of Ptah
modernCountry Egypt
nameMeaning enduring and beautiful
nameTransliterationVariant Men-nefer-Pepi
linked to: Pepi II Neferkare

Mennefer
linked to: Men-nefer
nearbyNecropolis Abu Sir
linked to: Abu Sir necropolis

Dahshur
linked to: Dahshur necropolis

Giza
Saqqara
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
politicalRole major political center of ancient Egypt
religiousRole major religious center of ancient Egypt
servedAs capital of ancient Egypt
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
writingSystemOfName Egyptian hieroglyphs

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Manf ancientName Men-nefer
Ihnasya al-Madinah alsoKnownAs Henen-nesut
linked to: Men-nefer
Ihnasya al-Madinah ancientEgyptianName Henen-nesut
linked to: Men-nefer
Valley of the Queens egyptianName Ta-Set-Neferu
linked to: Men-nefer
Memphis, Egypt hasAncientName Men-nefer
Men-nefer nameTransliterationVariant Mennefer
linked to: Men-nefer