House of Userkaf

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The House of Userkaf was the royal family line founded by the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Userkaf, associated with the early phase of Egypt’s Old Kingdom pyramid-building era.

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Label Occurrences
House of Userkaf canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian royal house ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Heliopolitan solar cult ⓘ
burialRegion Abusir ⓘ
linked to: Abu Sir necropolis

Saqqara ⓘ
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
capital Memphis ⓘ
chronologicalPosition early Old Kingdom dynasty ⓘ
coreDeity Ra ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalContext Old Kingdom Egyptian culture ⓘ
dynastyNumber 5 ⓘ
endDate c. 2345 BC ⓘ
era Pyramid Age ⓘ
followedBy Sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
foundedBy Userkaf ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
knownFor development of sun temples ⓘ
early Old Kingdom pyramid building ⓘ
language Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
legitimizedBy solar theology of Heliopolis ⓘ
namedAfter Userkaf ⓘ
notableMember Djedkare Isesi ⓘ
Menkauhor Kaiu ⓘ
Neferefre ⓘ
Neferirkare Kakai ⓘ
Nyuserre Ini ⓘ
Sahure ⓘ
Shepseskare ⓘ
Unas ⓘ
Userkaf ⓘ
partOf Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
period Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
politicalCenter Memphis region ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
precededBy Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
region Lower Egypt ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalBurialCustom pyramid tombs ⓘ
royalTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
seatOfPower Memphis ⓘ
startDate c. 2494 BC ⓘ
successorState House of Teti ⓘ
typeOfMonumentAssociated pyramids ⓘ
sun temples ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Userkaf → royalHouse → House of Userkaf ⓘ
Neferirkare Kakai → royalHouse → House of Userkaf ⓘ