Manf

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Manf is the Arabic name for the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis, a historically significant capital near modern-day Cairo.

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Manf canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
former national capital
historical place
ancientName Ineb-hedj
Men-nefer
ArabicNameOf Memphis (ancient Egypt)
associatedWithDeity Nefertem
Ptah
Sekhmet
capitalOf Old Kingdom of Egypt
culturalRole administrative center of ancient Egypt
religious center of the cult of Ptah
declinePeriod Late Period of ancient Egypt
foundedInPeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
greekName Memphis
hasRemains Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
colossal statue of Ramesses II
hasTemple Temple of Ptah
languageContext Arabic
laterSupplantedBy Alexandria
Cairo
locatedInCountry Egypt
locatedInRegion Lower Egypt
locatedNear Cairo
Giza Plateau
linked to: Giza
locatedOn west bank of the Nile
modernSiteName Mit Rahina
nearNecropolis Abu Rawash
Abu Sir
linked to: Abu Sir necropolis

Dahshur
linked to: Dahshur necropolis

Giza
Saqqara
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
partOf Memphis and its Necropolis archaeological zone
linked to: Memphis necropolis
servedAs capital of ancient Egypt
significance one of the oldest and most important cities of ancient Egypt
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

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Memphis (ancient city) ArabicName Manf
subject linked to: ancient city of Memphis