Abu Ghurab

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Abu Ghurab is an archaeological site in Lower Egypt notable for its Old Kingdom sun temples and other ancient Egyptian remains.

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Label Occurrences
Abu Ghurab canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedDynasty Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
dedicatedTo Ra ⓘ
distanceFromNile west bank of the Nile ⓘ
era 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
Ludwig Borchardt ⓘ
excavationPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
function royal sun cult center ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains ceramic finds ⓘ
reliefs ⓘ
statues fragments ⓘ
temple foundations ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion Giza Governorate ⓘ
hasFeature altar court ⓘ
causeway ⓘ
cult buildings ⓘ
obelisks (ruined) ⓘ
storage magazines ⓘ
hasMonumentType sun temple ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ
hasNearbySite Abusir pyramids ⓘ
linked to: Abu Sir necropolis

Pyramid complex of Nyuserre ⓘ
hasStructure Sun Temple of Nyuserre Ini ⓘ
Sun Temple of Userkaf ⓘ
heritageStatus part of the pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur (UNESCO World Heritage Site) ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Egypt ⓘ
Memphis necropolis ⓘ
locatedNear Abusir ⓘ
linked to: Abu Sir necropolis

Saqqara ⓘ
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
material limestone ⓘ
notableFor Old Kingdom sun temples ⓘ
ancient Egyptian remains ⓘ
partOf Memphite necropolis ⓘ
period Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Sun Temple at Abu Ghurab → locatedIn → Abu Ghurab ⓘ
subject linked to: sun temple at Abu Ghurab
Nyuserre Ini → cultCenter → Abu Ghurab ⓘ
Userkaf → associatedWithSite → Abu Ghurab ⓘ
subject linked to: Pharaoh Userkaf
Sun Temple of Userkaf → locatedIn → Abu Ghurab ⓘ