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Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_Dynastic_Period_and_Old_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Middle_Kingdom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Middle_Kingdom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Middle Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Middle_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_Kingdom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_Kingdom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>New Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Late_Period" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Late_Period"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Late Period</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Late_Period-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ptolemaic_Period" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ptolemaic_Period"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Ptolemaic Period</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ptolemaic_Period-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Decline_and_abandonment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Decline_and_abandonment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Decline and abandonment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Decline_and_abandonment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Remains" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Remains"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Remains</span> </div> </a> <button 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id="toc-Temple_of_Ptah_and_Sekhmet_of_Ramesses_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_of_Ptah_and_Sekhmet_of_Ramesses_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Temple of Ptah and Sekhmet of Ramesses II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_of_Ptah_and_Sekhmet_of_Ramesses_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temple_of_Ptah_of_Merneptah" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_of_Ptah_of_Merneptah"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Temple of Ptah of Merneptah</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_of_Ptah_of_Merneptah-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temple_of_Hathor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_of_Hathor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Temple of Hathor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_of_Hathor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Other temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temples_to_foreign_deities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temples_to_foreign_deities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>Temples to foreign deities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temples_to_foreign_deities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Temple_of_Sekhmet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_of_Sekhmet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7.1</span> <span>Temple of Sekhmet</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_of_Sekhmet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temple_of_Apis" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_of_Apis"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7.2</span> <span>Temple of Apis</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_of_Apis-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temple_of_Amun" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_of_Amun"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7.3</span> <span>Temple of Amun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_of_Amun-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Temple_of_Aten" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Temple_of_Aten"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7.4</span> <span>Temple of Aten</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Temple_of_Aten-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statues_of_Ramesses_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statues_of_Ramesses_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>Statues of Ramesses II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statues_of_Ramesses_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Memphite_Necropolis" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Memphite_Necropolis"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.9</span> <span>Memphite Necropolis</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Memphite_Necropolis-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Royal_palaces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Royal_palaces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.10</span> <span>Royal palaces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Royal_palaces-sublist" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%81" title="منف – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="منف" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menfis" title="Menfis – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Menfis" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis_(Misir)" title="Memfis (Misir) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Memfis (Misir)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8,_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B0" title="মেমফিস, মিশর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মেমফিস, মিশর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%84%D1%96%D1%81_(%D0%95%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Мемфіс (Егіпет) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мемфіс (Егіпет)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Мемфис – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мемфис" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menfis" title="Menfis – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Menfis" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis" title="Memfis – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Memfis" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_(arkiyolohiyang_dapit)" title="Memphis (arkiyolohiyang dapit) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Memphis (arkiyolohiyang dapit)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennofer" title="Mennofer – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mennofer" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_(Yr_Aifft)" title="Memphis (Yr Aifft) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Memphis (Yr Aifft)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_(Egypten)" title="Memphis (Egypten) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Memphis (Egypten)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_(%C3%84gypten)" title="Memphis (Ägypten) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Memphis (Ägypten)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%BC%CF%86%CE%B9%CF%82_(%CE%91%CE%AF%CE%B3%CF%85%CF%80%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82)" title="Μέμφις (Αίγυπτος) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μέμφις (Αίγυπτος)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menfis" title="Menfis – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Menfis" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfiso_(Egiptio)" title="Memfiso (Egiptio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Memfiso (Egiptio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menfis" title="Menfis – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Menfis" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%81" title="منف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="منف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_(%C3%89gypte)" title="Memphis (Égypte) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Memphis (Égypte)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meimf%C3%ADs_(An_%C3%89igipt)" title="Meimfís (An Éigipt) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Meimfís (An Éigipt)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menfis" title="Menfis – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Menfis" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%A4%ED%94%BC%EC%8A%A4_(%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%91%ED%8A%B8)" title="멤피스 (이집트) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="멤피스 (이집트)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt" title="Memphis, Egypt – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Memphis, Egypt" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%B4%D6%83%D5%AB%D5%BD" title="Մեմփիս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մեմփիս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8" title="मेम्फ़ीस – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मेम्फ़ीस" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis" title="Memfis – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Memfis" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis" title="Memphis – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Memphis" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis_(Mesir)" title="Memfis (Mesir) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Memfis (Mesir)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Gibhithe" title="Memphis, Gibhithe – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Memphis, Gibhithe" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis_(Egyptalandi)" title="Memfis (Egyptalandi) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Memfis (Egyptalandi)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menfi_(Egitto)" title="Menfi (Egitto) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Menfi (Egitto)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A1_(%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D)" title="ממפיס (מצרים) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ממפיס (מצרים)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Mesir" title="Memphis, Mesir – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Memphis, Mesir" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%AB%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಮೆಂಫಿಸ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮೆಂಫಿಸ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94)" title="მემფისი (ეგვიპტე) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მემფისი (ეგვიპტე)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Misri" title="Memphis, Misri – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Memphis, Misri" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AAmfis" title="Mêmfis – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Mêmfis" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis" title="Memphis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Memphis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfisa_(%C4%92%C4%A3ipte)" title="Memfisa (Ēģipte) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Memfisa (Ēģipte)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis" title="Memfis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Memfis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphisz" title="Memphisz – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Memphisz" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Мемфис (Египет) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мемфис (Египет)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfisy" title="Memfisy – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Memfisy" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8_(%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4)" title="मेम्फिस (इजिप्त) – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मेम्फिस (इजिप्त)" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%85%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="ممفيس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ممفيس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Mesir" title="Memphis, Mesir – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Memphis, Mesir" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_(Egypte)" title="Memphis (Egypte) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Memphis (Egypte)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9_(%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%97%E3%83%88)" title="メンフィス (エジプト) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メンフィス (エジプト)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis_(Egypt)" title="Memfis (Egypt) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Memfis (Egypt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menfis" title="Menfis – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Menfis" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis_(Misr)" title="Memfis (Misr) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Memfis (Misr)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC" title="ਮਨਫ਼ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਨਫ਼" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis" title="Memfis – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Memfis" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AAnfis" title="Mênfis – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mênfis" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egipt" title="Memphis, Egipt – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Memphis, Egipt" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Мемфис (Египет) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мемфис (Египет)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egyp" title="Memphis, Egyp – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Memphis, Egyp" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt" title="Memphis, Egypt – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Memphis, Egypt" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennofer" title="Mennofer – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Mennofer" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis,_Egipt" title="Memfis, Egipt – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Memfis, Egipt" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%94%D0%BC%D1%84%D1%8C" title="Мємфь – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Мємфь" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Мемфис (Египат) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мемфис (Египат)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis_(Egipat)" title="Memfis (Egipat) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Memfis (Egipat)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis" title="Memfis – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Memfis" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memfis" title="Memfis – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Memfis" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Ehipto" title="Memphis, Ehipto – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Memphis, Ehipto" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81,_%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81" title="மெம்பிசு, எகிப்து – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மெம்பிசு, எகிப்து" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA_(%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C)" title="เมมฟิส (ประเทศอียิปต์) – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เมมฟิส (ประเทศอียิปต์)" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" 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font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>)</span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Memphis200401.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Memphis200401.JPG/260px-Memphis200401.JPG" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Memphis200401.JPG/390px-Memphis200401.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Memphis200401.JPG/520px-Memphis200401.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ruins of the pillared hall of <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_II" title="Ramesses II">Ramesses II</a><br />at Mit Rahina</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output 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title="Memphis is located in Nile Delta"><img alt="Memphis is located in Nile Delta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Egypt_Nile_Delta_location_map.svg/250px-Egypt_Nile_Delta_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Egypt_Nile_Delta_location_map.svg/375px-Egypt_Nile_Delta_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Egypt_Nile_Delta_location_map.svg/500px-Egypt_Nile_Delta_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1076" data-file-height="809" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.162%;left:56.011%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Memphis"><img alt="Memphis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg/8px-Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg/12px-Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg/16px-Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div>Memphis</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/wiki/Nile_Delta" title="Nile Delta">Nile Delta</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Nile Delta</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Egypt_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Memphis is located in Egypt"><img alt="Memphis is located in Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Egypt_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Egypt_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Egypt_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Egypt_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Egypt_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Egypt_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1055" data-file-height="973" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:20.882%;left:53.823%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Memphis"><img alt="Memphis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg/8px-Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg/12px-Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg/16px-Archaeological_site_icon_%28red%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div>Memphis</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Egypt</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alternative name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"> <table style="font-size: 88%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid blue; margin: 0.5em 1em; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left; margin-left: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0.75em; background-color: var(--background-color-base); color:var( --color-base ); text-align: center"><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table class="mw-hiero-table"><tbody><tr> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Y5.png?381eb" height="13" title="Y5 [mn]" alt="mn" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N35.png?fcc27" height="5" title="N35 [n]" alt="n" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_F35.png?9f378" height="38" title="F35 [nfr]" alt="nfr" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_I9.png?fe540" height="12" title="I9 [f]" alt="f" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_D21.png?9bfb9" height="11" title="D21 [r]" alt="r" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O24.png?982d7" height="38" title="O24" alt="O24" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O49.png?dd778" height="18" title="O49 [niwt]" alt="niwt" /></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table>Memphis<br />(<a href="/wiki/Egyptian_language#Middle_Egyptian" title="Egyptian language">Middle Egyptian</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: silver; color:black; border-bottom: 1px solid blue; padding: 0.5em">Enduring and beautiful (mn nfr)<br />in <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">hieroglyphs</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <table style="font-size: 88%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid blue; margin: 0.5em 1em; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left; margin-left: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0.75em; background-color: var(--background-color-base); color:var( --color-base ); text-align: center"><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table class="mw-hiero-table"><tbody><tr> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_R11.png?a426b" height="37" title="R11 [Dd]" alt="Dd" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Q1.png?30a23" height="38" title="Q1 [st]" alt="st" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Q1.png?30a23" height="38" title="Q1 [st]" alt="st" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Q1.png?30a23" height="38" title="Q1 [st]" alt="st" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O24.png?982d7" height="38" title="O24" alt="O24" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O49.png?dd778" height="18" title="O49 [niwt]" alt="niwt" /></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> Memphis<br />(<a href="/wiki/Egyptian_language#Old_Egyptian" title="Egyptian language">Old Egyptian</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: navajowhite; color:black; border-bottom: 1px solid peru; padding: 0.5em">Everlasting places (<i>Djd swt</i>)<br />in <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">hieroglyphs</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <table style="font-size: 88%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid blue; margin: 0.5em 1em; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left; margin-left: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0.75em; background-color: var(--background-color-base); color:var( --color-base ); text-align: center"><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table class="mw-hiero-table"><tbody><tr> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O6.png?36172" height="38" title="O6 [Hwt]" alt="Hwt" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_X1.png?f2a8c" height="11" title="X1 [t]" alt="t" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O1.png?39788" height="16" title="O1 [pr]" alt="pr" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_D28.png?cf7bf" height="24" title="D28 [kA]" alt="kA" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Z1.png?4dc06" height="16" title="Z1" alt="Z1" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Q3.png?42130" height="15" title="Q3 [p]" alt="p" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_X1.png?f2a8c" height="11" title="X1 [t]" alt="t" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_V28.png?f1179" height="38" title="V28 [H]" alt="H" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_A40.png?3f15b" height="36" title="A40" alt="A40" /></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> Memphis<br />(<a href="/wiki/Late_Egyptian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Egyptian language">Late Egyptian</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: navajowhite; color:black; border-bottom: 1px solid peru; padding: 0.5em">House of the soul (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_conception_of_the_soul" title="Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul"><i>"ka"</i></a>) of Ptah (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%B8%A5wt-k%EA%9C%A3-pt%E1%B8%A5" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ">hwt-ka-ptah</a>)<br />in <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">hieroglyphs</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> <table style="font-size: 88%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid blue; margin: 0.5em 1em; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left; margin-left: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0.75em; background-color: var(--background-color-base); color:var( --color-base ); text-align: center"><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table class="mw-hiero-table"><tbody><tr> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_S34.png?d177d" height="38" title="S34 [anx]" alt="anx" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N35.png?fcc27" height="5" title="N35 [n]" alt="n" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Aa1.png?3a810" height="18" title="Aa1 [x]" alt="x" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N16.png?63a52" height="9" title="N16 [tA]" alt="tA" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N16.png?63a52" height="9" title="N16 [tA]" alt="tA" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N23.png?fd3ef" height="11" title="N23" alt="N23" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N23.png?fd3ef" height="11" title="N23" alt="N23" /></td> </tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table>Memphis<br />(<a href="/wiki/Egyptian_language#Middle_Egyptian" title="Egyptian language">Middle Egyptian</a><sup id="cite_ref-Najovits171_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Najovits171-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: navajowhite; color:black; border-bottom: 1px solid peru; padding: 0.5em">Place where the two lands live (anekh-tauy)<br />in <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">hieroglyphs</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mit_Rahina" class="mw-redirect" title="Mit Rahina">Mit Rahina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giza_Governorate" title="Giza Governorate">Giza Governorate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Egypt" title="Lower Egypt">Lower Egypt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Memphis,_Egypt&params=29_50_41_N_31_15_3_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°50′41″N</span> <span class="longitude">31°15′3″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.84472°N 31.25083°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">29.84472; 31.25083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Settlement</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Builder</th><td class="infobox-data">Unknown, was already in existence during <a href="/wiki/Iry-Hor" title="Iry-Hor">Iry-Hor</a>'s reign<sup id="cite_ref-talle_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-talle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">Earlier than 31st century BC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abandoned</th><td class="infobox-data">7th century AD</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Periods</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Early_Dynastic_Period_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Dynastic Period of Egypt">Early Dynastic Period</a> to <a href="/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" title="Early Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #0177D3; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from <a href="/wiki/Giza_Necropolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Giza Necropolis">Giza</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dahshur" title="Dahshur">Dahshur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Cultural</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criteria</th><td class="infobox-data">i, iii, vi</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">1979 (3rd <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">session</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/86">86</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Arab_states" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states">Arab states</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Memphis</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مَنْف</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Manf</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="arz-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Egyptian_Arabic" title="Help:IPA/Egyptian Arabic">[mænf]</a></span>; Bohairic <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ</span>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Μέμφις</span>), or <b>Men-nefer</b>, was the ancient capital of <a href="/wiki/Inebu-hedj" title="Inebu-hedj">Inebu-hedj</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Nome_(Egypt)" title="Nome (Egypt)">nome</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lower_Egypt" title="Lower Egypt">Lower Egypt</a> that was known as <i>mḥw</i> ("North").<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its ruins are located in the vicinity of the present-day village of <b>Mit Rahina</b> (Arabic: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ميت رهينة</span>), in markaz (<a href="/wiki/County" title="County">county</a>) <a href="/wiki/Badrashin" title="Badrashin">Badrashin</a>, Giza, Egypt.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with the <a href="/wiki/Memphite_Necropolis" title="Memphite Necropolis">pyramid fields</a> that stretch on a desert plateau for more than 30 kilometres (19 mi) on its west, including the famous <a href="/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex" title="Giza pyramid complex">Pyramids of Giza</a>, Memphis and its necropolis have been listed as a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site is open to the public as an <a href="/wiki/Open-air_museum" title="Open-air museum">open-air museum</a>. </p><p>According to legends related in the early third century BC by <a href="/wiki/Manetho" title="Manetho">Manetho</a>, a priest and historian who lived in the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom" title="Ptolemaic Kingdom">Ptolemaic Kingdom</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_period" title="Hellenistic period">Hellenistic period</a> of ancient <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, the city was founded by <a href="/wiki/Pharaoh" title="Pharaoh">King</a> <a href="/wiki/Menes" title="Menes">Menes</a>. It was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Egyptian capitals">capital</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">ancient Egypt</a> (<i>Kemet</i> or <i>Kumat</i>) during both the <a href="/wiki/Early_Dynastic_Period_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Dynastic Period of Egypt">Early Dynastic Period</a> and <a href="/wiki/Old_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Kingdom">Old Kingdom</a> and remained an important city throughout <a href="/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt">ancient Egyptian history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It occupied a strategic position at the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Nile_Delta" title="Nile Delta">Nile Delta</a>, and was home to bustling activity. Its principal port, Peru-nefer (not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Peru-nefer" title="Peru-nefer">Peru-nefer</a> at <a href="/wiki/Avaris" title="Avaris">Avaris</a>), featured a high density of workshops, factories, and warehouses that distributed food and merchandise throughout the ancient kingdom. During its golden age, Memphis thrived as a regional centre for commerce, trade, and religion. </p><p>Memphis was believed to be under the protection of the god <a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a>, the patron of craftsmen. Its great <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_temple" title="Egyptian temple">temple</a>, <i>Hut-ka-Ptah</i> (meaning "Enclosure of the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_soul" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian soul">ka</a> of Ptah"), was one of the most prominent structures in the city. The name of this temple, rendered in Greek as <i>Aἴγυπτoς (Ai-gy-ptos)</i> by Manetho, is believed to be the etymological origin of the modern English name <i>Egypt</i>. </p><p>The history of Memphis is closely linked to <a href="/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt">that of the country</a> itself. Its eventual downfall is believed to have been due to the loss of its <a href="/wiki/Economic" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic">economic</a> significance in late antiquity, following the rise of coastal <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>. Its religious significance was diminished after the abandonment of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion" title="Ancient Egyptian religion">ancient religion</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Edict_of_Thessalonica" title="Edict of Thessalonica">Edict of Thessalonica</a> (380 AD), which made <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Christianity" title="Nicene Christianity">Nicene Christianity</a> the sole religion of the Roman empire. By the <a href="/wiki/Egypt_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Egypt in the Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, nearby Cairo had emerged as a major political and economic center. </p><p>Today, the ruins of the former capital offer fragmented evidence of its past. Many of its remains have become significant tourist destinations. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="font-size: 88%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid blue; margin: 0.5em 1em; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left; margin-left: 0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0.75em; background-color: var(--background-color-base); color:var( --color-base ); text-align: center"><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table class="mw-hiero-table"><tbody><tr> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Y5.png?381eb" height="13" title="Y5 [mn]" alt="mn" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N35.png?fcc27" height="5" title="N35 [n]" alt="n" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_F35.png?9f378" height="38" title="F35 [nfr]" alt="nfr" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_I9.png?fe540" height="12" title="I9 [f]" alt="f" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_D21.png?9bfb9" height="11" title="D21 [r]" alt="r" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O24.png?982d7" height="38" title="O24" alt="O24" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O49.png?dd778" height="18" title="O49 [niwt]" alt="niwt" /></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: silver; color:black; border-bottom: 1px solid blue; padding: 0.5em">Memphis (mn nfr) <br />in <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">hieroglyphs</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Memphis has had several names during its history of almost four millennia. Its <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_language" title="Egyptian language">Ancient Egyptian</a> name was <b><a href="/wiki/Inebu-hedj" title="Inebu-hedj">Inebu-hedj</a></b> (𓊅𓌉, translated as "the white walls"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of its size, the city also came to be known by various other names that were the names of neighbourhoods or districts that enjoyed considerable prominence at one time or another. For example, according to a text of the <a href="/wiki/First_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt" title="First Intermediate Period of Egypt">First Intermediate Period</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was known as <b>Djed-Sut</b> ("everlasting places"), which is the name of the <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_of_Teti" title="Pyramid of Teti">pyramid of Teti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At one point the city was referred to as <b>Ankh-Tawy</b> (meaning "Life of the Two Lands"), stressing the strategic position of the city between <a href="/wiki/Upper_Egypt" title="Upper Egypt">Upper Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lower_Egypt" title="Lower Egypt">Lower Egypt</a>. This name appears to date from the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a> (c. 2055–1640 BCE), and is frequently found in ancient Egyptian texts.<sup id="cite_ref-Najovits171_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Najovits171-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some scholars maintain that this name was that of an area that contained a sacred tree, the western district of the city that lay between the great Temple of Ptah and the necropolis at <a href="/wiki/Saqqara" title="Saqqara">Saqqara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="New Kingdom of Egypt">New Kingdom</a> (c. 1550 BC), the city became known as <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mn-nfr" class="extiw" title="wikt:mn-nfr">mn-nfr</a></i> (anglicized as <b>Men-nefer</b>, meaning "enduring and beautiful"), which became "<b>Memfi</b>" (<span title="Coptic-language text"><span lang="cop">ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ</span></span>) in Bohairic <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>. The name "<b>Memphis</b>" (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Μέμφις</span></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> adaptation of the name that they had given to the <a href="/wiki/Mortuary_complex_of_Pepi_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortuary complex of Pepi I">pyramid of Pepi I</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-hieropepi_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hieropepi-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Fnt 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located west of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some claim that modern town <b>Mit Rahina</b> received its name from the ancient Egyptian later name for Memphis <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mjt-rhnt" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:mjt-rhnt">mjt-rhnt</a></i> meaning "Road of the Ram-Headed Sphinxes" being a reference to the ancient causeway connecting Memphis and Saqqara, on which the procession of the dead bull travelled for burial in the <a href="/wiki/Serapeum_of_Saqqara" title="Serapeum of Saqqara">Serapeum of Saqqara</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Daly_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daly-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but its been rejected by numerous Egyptologists on the basis of the town's earlier name Minyat Rahina (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">منية رهينة</span>), which could possibly be derived from the name of a Bedouin tribe.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While attempting to draw ancient Egyptian history and religious elements into that of their own traditions, the Greek poet <a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a> in his <i><a href="/wiki/Theogony" title="Theogony">Theogony</a></i> explained the name of the city by saying that Memphis was a daughter of the Greek river god <a href="/wiki/Nilus_(mythology)" title="Nilus (mythology)">Nilus</a> and the wife of <a href="/wiki/Epaphus" title="Epaphus">Epaphus</a> (the son of <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Io_(mythology)" title="Io (mythology)">Io</a>), who founded the city and named it after his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Bible, Memphis is called <i>Moph</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Muslim tradition adopted the Coptic etymology which operates with an etymon <i>Māfah</i>, derived from <a href="/wiki/Coptic_language" title="Coptic language">Coptic</a>: <span lang="cop">ⲙⲁⲁⲃ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'thirty'. It made the number significant in the following traditions relating to Memphis: it was thirty miles long, <a href="/wiki/Menes" title="Menes">Manqāwus</a> built it for his thirty daughters and Baysar lived here with his thirty children.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attributes">Attributes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Attributes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS-43_Memphis,_Lower_Egypt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/ISS-43_Memphis%2C_Lower_Egypt.jpg/220px-ISS-43_Memphis%2C_Lower_Egypt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/ISS-43_Memphis%2C_Lower_Egypt.jpg/330px-ISS-43_Memphis%2C_Lower_Egypt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/ISS-43_Memphis%2C_Lower_Egypt.jpg/440px-ISS-43_Memphis%2C_Lower_Egypt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3280" /></a><figcaption>Memphis and its necropolis Saqqara as seen from the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city of Memphis is 20 km (12 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, on the west bank of the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a>. The modern cities and towns of Mit Rahina, <a href="/wiki/Dahshur" title="Dahshur">Dahshur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abusir" title="Abusir">Abusir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abu_Gorab" title="Abu Gorab">Abu Gorab</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zawyet_el%27Aryan" class="mw-redirect" title="Zawyet el'Aryan">Zawyet el'Aryan</a>, south of Cairo, all lie within the administrative borders of historical Memphis (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Memphis,_Egypt&params=29_50_58.8_N_31_15_15.4_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°50′58.8″N</span> <span class="longitude">31°15′15.4″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.849667°N 31.254278°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">29.849667; 31.254278</span></span></span></a></span></span>). The city was also the place that marked the boundary between Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. (The 22nd nome of Upper Egypt and 1st nome of Lower Egypt). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Today, the footprint of the ancient city is uninhabited. The closest modern settlement is the town of Mit Rahina. Estimates of historical population size differ widely among sources. According to <a href="/wiki/Tertius_Chandler" title="Tertius Chandler">Tertius Chandler</a>, Memphis had some 30,000 inhabitants and was by far the largest settlement worldwide from the time of its foundation until approximately 2250 BC and from 1557 to 1400 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> K. A. Bard is more cautious and estimates the city's population to have numbered approximately 6,000 inhabitants during the Old Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Nefertem_-_Walters_541972.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Egyptian_-_Nefertem_-_Walters_541972.jpg/125px-Egyptian_-_Nefertem_-_Walters_541972.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="620" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Egyptian_-_Nefertem_-_Walters_541972.jpg/188px-Egyptian_-_Nefertem_-_Walters_541972.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Egyptian_-_Nefertem_-_Walters_541972.jpg/250px-Egyptian_-_Nefertem_-_Walters_541972.jpg 2x" data-file-width="363" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>Ritualistic object depicting the <a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">god Nefertem</a>, who was mainly worshipped in Memphis,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Walters Art Museum</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Early_Dynastic_Period_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Dynastic Period of Egypt">Early Dynastic Period</a> and Old Kingdom, Memphis became the capital of Ancient Egypt for more than six consecutive <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ancient_Egyptian_dynasties" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ancient Egyptian dynasties">dynasties</a>. The city reached a peak of prestige under the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth dynasty of Egypt">Sixth Dynasty</a> as a centre for the worship of <a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a>, the god of creation and artworks. The alabaster <a href="/wiki/Sphinx" title="Sphinx">sphinx</a> that guards the Temple of Ptah serves as a memorial of the city's former power and prestige.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Memphis <a href="/wiki/Triple_deities" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple deities">triad</a>, consisting of the creator god Ptah, his consort <a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a>, and their son <a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a>, formed the main focus of worship in the city. </p><p>Memphis declined after the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth Dynasty</a> with the rise of <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a> and the New Kingdom, but was revived under the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Persian_Egypt" title="History of Persian Egypt">Persians</a>, before falling firmly into second place following the founding of <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandria, Egypt">Alexandria</a>. Under the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Roman_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Roman Egypt">Roman Empire</a>, Alexandria remained the most important Egyptian city. Memphis remained the second city of Egypt until the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Fustat" title="Fustat">Fustat</a> (or Fostat) in 641 AD. Afterward it was largely abandoned and became a source of stone for the surrounding settlements. It was still an imposing set of ruins in the twelfth century, but soon became little more than an expanse of low ruins and scattered stone. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramesses-Ptah-Sekhmet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Ramesses-Ptah-Sekhmet.jpg/200px-Ramesses-Ptah-Sekhmet.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Ramesses-Ptah-Sekhmet.jpg/300px-Ramesses-Ptah-Sekhmet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Ramesses-Ptah-Sekhmet.jpg/400px-Ramesses-Ptah-Sekhmet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1736" data-file-height="1992" /></a><figcaption>Ramesses II flanked by Ptah and Sekhmet</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legendary_history">Legendary history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legendary history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legend recorded by <a href="/wiki/Manetho" title="Manetho">Manetho</a> was that <a href="/wiki/Menes" title="Menes">Menes</a>, the first king to unite the <a href="/wiki/Upper_and_Lower_Egypt" title="Upper and Lower Egypt">Two Lands</a>, established his capital on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a> by diverting the river with dikes. The Greek historian <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>, who tells a similar story, relates that during his visit to the city, the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Empire">Persians</a>, at that point the <a href="/wiki/Suzerainty" title="Suzerainty">suzerains</a> of the country, paid particular attention to the condition of these dams so that the city was saved from the <a href="/wiki/Flooding_of_the_Nile" title="Flooding of the Nile">annual flooding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-herod99_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-herod99-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been theorised that Menes may have been a mythical king, similar to <a href="/wiki/Romulus" title="Romulus">Romulus</a> of Rome. Some scholars suggest that Egypt most likely became unified through mutual need, developing cultural ties and trading partnerships, although it is undisputed that the first capital of united Egypt was the city of Memphis.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some Egyptologists had identified the legendary Menes with the historical <a href="/wiki/Narmer" title="Narmer">Narmer</a>, who is represented on the <a href="/wiki/Palette_of_Narmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Palette of Narmer">Palette of Narmer</a> conquering the territory of the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt and establishing himself as king. This palette has been dated to ca. 31st century BC and thus, would correlate with the legend of Egypt's unification by Menes. However, in 2012 an inscription depicting the visit of the predynastic king <a href="/wiki/Iry-Hor" title="Iry-Hor">Iry-Hor</a> to Memphis was discovered in the Sinai.<sup id="cite_ref-talle_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-talle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since Iry-Hor predates Narmer by two generations, the latter cannot have been the founder of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-talle_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-talle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alternatively, <a href="/wiki/Epaphus" title="Epaphus">Epaphus</a> (king of Egypt, whose wife was <a href="/wiki/Memphis_(wife_of_Epaphus)" title="Memphis (wife of Epaphus)">Memphis</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is regarded in the Greek myths as the founder of Memphis, Egypt.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Dynastic_Period_and_Old_Kingdom"><a href="/wiki/Early_Dynastic_Period_(Egypt)" title="Early Dynastic Period (Egypt)">Early Dynastic Period</a> and <a href="/wiki/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Old Kingdom of Egypt">Old Kingdom</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Little is known about the city of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Kingdom">Old Kingdom</a> and before. It was the state capital of the powerful kings, who reigned from Memphis from the date of the <a href="/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="First Dynasty of Egypt">First Dynasty</a>. According to Manetho, during the earliest years of the reign of Menes, the seat of power was farther to the south, at <a href="/wiki/Thinis" title="Thinis">Thinis</a>. According to Manetho, ancient sources suggest the "white walls" (Ineb-hedj) or "fortress of the white wall" were founded by Menes. It is likely that the king established himself there to better control the new union between the two kingdoms that formerly were rivals. The <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_of_Djoser" title="Pyramid of Djoser">complex of Djoser</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Third Dynasty of Egypt">Third Dynasty</a>, located in the ancient necropolis at <a href="/wiki/Saqqara" title="Saqqara">Saqqara</a>, would then be the royal funerary chamber, housing all the elements necessary to royalty: temples, shrines, ceremonial courts, palaces, and barracks. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Golden_age" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden age">golden age</a> began with the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Fourth Dynasty of Egypt">Fourth Dynasty</a>, which seems to have furthered the primary role of Memphis as a royal residence where rulers received the <a href="/wiki/Pschent" title="Pschent">double crown</a>, the divine manifestation of the unification of the Two Lands. <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_pharaoh" title="Coronation of the pharaoh">Coronations</a> and jubilees such as the <a href="/wiki/Sed_festival" title="Sed festival">Sed festival</a> were celebrated in the temple of Ptah. The earliest signs of such ceremonies were found in the chambers of <a href="/wiki/Djoser" title="Djoser">Djoser</a>. </p><p>During this period, the clergy of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Ptah_(Memphis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Ptah (Memphis)">temple of Ptah</a> came into being. The importance of the temple is attested with payments of food and other goods necessary for the funerary rites of royal and noble dignitaries.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This temple also is cited in the annals preserved on the <a href="/wiki/Palermo_Stone" title="Palermo Stone">Palermo Stone</a>, and beginning from the reign of <a href="/wiki/Menkaura" class="mw-redirect" title="Menkaura">Menkaura</a>, we know the names of the <a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Ptah" title="High Priest of Ptah">high priests</a> of Memphis who seem to have worked in pairs, at least until the reign of <a href="/wiki/Teti" title="Teti">Teti</a>. </p><p>The architecture of this period was similar to that seen at <a href="/wiki/Giza_Necropolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Giza Necropolis">Giza royal necropolis</a> of the Fourth Dynasty, where recent excavations have revealed that the essential focus of the kingdom at that time centred on the construction of the royal tombs. A strong suggestion of this notion is the etymology of the name of the city itself, which matched that of the <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_of_Pepi_I" title="Pyramid of Pepi I">pyramid of Pepi I</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Sixth Dynasty of Egypt">Sixth Dynasty</a>. Memphis was then the heir to a long artistic and architectural practice, constantly encouraged by the monuments of preceding reigns. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:II._Ramses_Heykeli,_Memfis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/II._Ramses_Heykeli%2C_Memfis.jpg/199px-II._Ramses_Heykeli%2C_Memfis.jpg" decoding="async" width="199" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/II._Ramses_Heykeli%2C_Memfis.jpg/299px-II._Ramses_Heykeli%2C_Memfis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/II._Ramses_Heykeli%2C_Memfis.jpg/399px-II._Ramses_Heykeli%2C_Memfis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Sculpture from the Middle Kingdom restored in the name of Ramesses II</figcaption></figure> <p>All these <a href="/wiki/List_of_necropoleis" title="List of necropoleis">necropoleis</a> were surrounded by camps inhabited by craftsmen and labourers, dedicated exclusively to the construction of royal tombs. Spread over several kilometres stretching in all directions, Memphis formed a true <a href="/wiki/Megalopolis_(city_type)" class="mw-redirect" title="Megalopolis (city type)">megalopolis</a>, with temples connected by sacred <a href="/wiki/Temenos" title="Temenos">temenos</a>, and ports connected by roadways and canals.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The perimeter of the city thus gradually extended into a vast <a href="/wiki/Urban_sprawl" title="Urban sprawl">urban sprawl</a>. Its centre remained around the temple complex of Ptah. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_Kingdom"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Middle Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a>, the capital and court of the king had moved to <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Egypt" title="Thebes, Egypt">Thebes</a> in the south, leaving Memphis for a time. Although the seat of political power had shifted, Memphis did remain perhaps the most important commercial and artistic centre, as evidenced by the discovery of handicrafts districts and cemeteries, located west of the temple of Ptah.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also found were vestiges attesting to the architectural focus of this time. A large granite offering table on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Amenemhat_I" title="Amenemhat I">Amenemhat I</a> mentioned the erection by the king of a shrine to the god Ptah, master of Truth.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other blocks registered in the name of <a href="/wiki/Amenemhat_II" title="Amenemhat II">Amenemhat II</a> were found to be used as foundations for large monoliths preceding the pylons of Ramses II. These kings were also known to have ordered mining expeditions, raids, or military campaigns beyond the borders, erecting monuments or statues to the consecration of deities, evinced by a panel recording official acts of the royal court during this time. In the ruins of the Temple of Ptah, a block in the name of <a href="/wiki/Senusret_II" title="Senusret II">Senusret II</a> bears an inscription indicating an architectural commission as a gift to the deities of Memphis.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover, many statues found at the site, later restored by the New Kingdom kings, are attributed to kings of the <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt">Twelfth Dynasty</a>. Examples include the two stone giants that have been recovered amidst the temple ruins, which were later restored under the name of Ramesses II.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Finally, according to the tradition recorded by Herodotus,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Diodorus_Siculus" title="Diodorus Siculus">Diodorus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Amenemhat_III" title="Amenemhat III">Amenemhat III</a> built the northern gate of the Temple of Ptah. Remains attributed to this king were indeed found during the excavations in this area conducted by <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Petrie" title="Flinders Petrie">Flinders Petrie</a>, who confirmed the connection. It is also worth noting that, during this time, <a href="/wiki/Mastaba" title="Mastaba">mastabas</a> of the high priests of Ptah were constructed near the royal pyramids at Saqqara, showing that the royalty and the clergy of Memphis at that time were closely linked. The <a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt">Thirteenth Dynasty</a> continued this trend, and some kings of this line were buried at Saqqara, attesting that Memphis retained its place at the heart of the monarchy. </p><p>With the invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Hyksos" title="Hyksos">Hyksos</a> and their rise to power ca. 1650 BC, the city of Memphis came under siege. Following its capture, many monuments and statues of the ancient capital were dismantled, looted, or damaged by the Hyksos kings, who later carried them off to adorn their new capital at <a href="/wiki/Avaris" title="Avaris">Avaris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hyksos_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hyksos-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Fnt 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evidence of royal propaganda has been uncovered and attributed to the Theban kings of the <a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt">Seventeenth Dynasty</a>, who initiated the reconquest of the kingdom half a century later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Kingdom"><a href="/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="New Kingdom of Egypt">New Kingdom</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: New Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth Dynasty</a> thus opened with the victory over the invaders by the Thebans. Some Eighteenth Dynasty kings, particularly <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_II" title="Amenhotep II">Amenhotep II</a> (r. 1427–1401/1397 BC) and <a href="/wiki/Thutmose_IV" title="Thutmose IV">Thutmose IV</a> (r. 1401/1397–1391/1388 BC) gave considerable royal focus to Memphis, but for the most part, power remained in the south.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the long period of peace that followed, prosperity again took hold of the city, which benefited from her strategic position. Strengthening trade ties with other empires made the nearby port of <a href="/wiki/Peru-nefer" title="Peru-nefer">Peru-nefer</a> (literally, "Good Travels" or "<i>Bon Voyage</i>") the gateway to the kingdom for neighbouring regions, including <a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Byblos</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levant</a>. </p><p>In the New Kingdom, Memphis became a centre for the education of royal princes and the sons of the nobility. Amenhotep II, born and raised in Memphis, was made the <i>setem</i>—the high priest over Lower Egypt—during the reign of his father. His son, Thutmose IV received his famed and recorded <a href="/wiki/Dream_Stele" title="Dream Stele">dream</a> whilst residing as a young prince in Memphis. During his exploration of the site, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Richard_Lepsius" title="Karl Richard Lepsius">Karl Richard Lepsius</a> identified a series of blocks and broken colonnades in the name of Thutmose IV to the east of the Temple of Ptah. They had to belong to a royal building, most likely a ceremonial palace. </p><p>The founding of the temple of <a href="/wiki/Astarte" title="Astarte">Astarte</a> (Mespotamian or Assyrian goddess of fertility and war; Babylonian = Ishtar), which Herodotus syncretically understands is dedicated to the Greek goddess <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite" title="Aphrodite">Aphrodite</a>, also may be dated to the Eighteenth Dynasty, specifically the reign of <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_III" title="Amenhotep III">Amenhotep III</a> (r. 1388/86–1351/1349 BC). The greatest work of this king in Memphis, however, was a temple called "Nebmaatra united with Ptah", which is cited by many sources from the period of his reign, including artefacts listing the works of <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_(Huy)" title="Amenhotep (Huy)">Huy</a>, the High Steward of Memphis.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The location of this temple has not been precisely determined, but a number of its brown quartzite blocks were found to have been reused by Ramesses II (r. 1279–1213 BC) for the construction of the small temple of Ptah. This leads some Egyptologists to suggest that the latter temple had been built over the site of the first.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to inscriptions found in Memphis, <a href="/wiki/Akhenaten" title="Akhenaten">Akhenaten</a> (r. 1353/51–1336/34 BC; formerly Amenhotep IV) founded a temple of <a href="/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a> in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The burial chamber of one of the priests of this cult has been uncovered at Saqqara.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His successor <a href="/wiki/Tutankhamun" title="Tutankhamun">Tutankhamun</a> (r. 1332–1323 BC; formerly Tutankhaten) relocated the royal court from Akhenaten's capital <a href="/wiki/Amarna" title="Amarna">Akhetaten</a> ("Horizon of the Aten") to Memphis before the end of the second year of his reign. Whilst in Memphis, Tutankhamun initiated a period of restoration of the temples and traditions following the era of <a href="/wiki/Atenism" title="Atenism">Atenism</a>, which became regarded as <a href="/wiki/Heresy" title="Heresy">heresy</a>. </p><p>The tombs of important officials from his reign, such as <a href="/wiki/Horemheb" title="Horemheb">Horemheb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maya_(Egyptian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maya (Egyptian)">Maya</a>, are situated in Saqqara, although Horemheb was buried in the <a href="/wiki/Valley_of_the_Kings" title="Valley of the Kings">Valley of the Kings</a> after reigning as king himself (r. 1319–1292 BC). He had been commander of the army under Tutankhamun and <a href="/wiki/Ay_(pharaoh)" title="Ay (pharaoh)">Ay</a>. Maya was overseer of the treasury during the reigns of Tutankhamun, Ay, and Horemheb. Ay had been Tutankhamun's chief minister, and succeeded him as king (r. 1323–1319 BC). To consolidate his power he married Tutankhamun's widow <a href="/wiki/Ankhesenamun" title="Ankhesenamun">Ankhesenamun</a>, the third of the six daughters of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Her fate is unknown. Similarly, Horemheb consolidated power when he married Nefertiti's sister Mutnodjemet. </p><p>There is evidence that, under <a href="/wiki/Ramesses_II" title="Ramesses II">Ramesses II</a>, the city developed new importance in the political sphere through its proximity to the new capital <a href="/wiki/Pi-Ramesses" title="Pi-Ramesses">Pi-Ramesses</a>. The king devoted many monuments in Memphis and adorned them with colossal symbols of glory. <a href="/wiki/Merneptah" title="Merneptah">Merneptah</a> (r. 1213–1203 BC), his successor, constructed a palace and developed the southeast wall of the temple of Ptah. For the early part of the <a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt">19th Dynasty</a>, Memphis received the privileges of royal attention, and it is this dynasty that is most evident among the ruins of the city today. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_pretre_Ptah_Sheshonq.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Grand_pretre_Ptah_Sheshonq.jpg/150px-Grand_pretre_Ptah_Sheshonq.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Grand_pretre_Ptah_Sheshonq.jpg/225px-Grand_pretre_Ptah_Sheshonq.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Grand_pretre_Ptah_Sheshonq.jpg/300px-Grand_pretre_Ptah_Sheshonq.jpg 2x" data-file-width="322" data-file-height="586" /></a><figcaption>Relief representing the <a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Ptah" title="High Priest of Ptah">High Priest of Ptah</a>, Shoshenq</figcaption></figure> <p>With the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-first_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-first</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twenty-second_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-second Dynasties</a>, there is a continuation of the religious development initiated by Ramesses. Memphis does not seem to have suffered a decline during the <a href="/wiki/Third_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt" title="Third Intermediate Period of Egypt">Third Intermediate Period</a>, which saw great changes in the geopolitics of the country. Instead it is likely that the kings worked to develop the Memphite cult in their new capital of <a href="/wiki/Tanis,_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanis, Egypt">Tanis</a>, to the northeast. In light of some remains found at the site, it is known that a temple of Ptah was based there. <a href="/wiki/Siamun" title="Siamun">Siamun</a> is cited as having built a temple dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a>, the remains of which were found by Flinders Petrie in the early twentieth century, in the south of the temple of Ptah complex.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to inscriptions describing his architectural work, <a href="/wiki/Sheshonk_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheshonk I">Sheshonk I</a> (r. 943–922 BC), founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty, constructed a forecourt and pylon of the temple of Ptah, a monument that he named the "Castle of Millions of Years of Sheshonk, Beloved of Amun". The funerary cult surrounding this monument, well known in the New Kingdom, was still functioning several generations after its establishment at the temple, leading some scholars to suggest that it may have contained the royal burial chamber of the king.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheshonk also ordered the building of a new shrine for the god <a href="/wiki/Apis_(Egyptian_mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apis (Egyptian mythology)">Apis</a>, especially devoted to funeral ceremonies in which the bull was led to his death before being ritually <a href="/wiki/Mummification" class="mw-redirect" title="Mummification">mummified</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A necropolis for the high priests of Memphis dating precisely from the Twenty-second Dynasty has been found west of the forum. It included a chapel dedicated to Ptah by a prince <a href="/wiki/Shoshenq_D" title="Shoshenq D">Shoshenq</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Osorkon_II" title="Osorkon II">Osorkon II</a> (r. 872–837 BC), whose tomb was found in Saqqara in 1939 by <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Montet" title="Pierre Montet">Pierre Montet</a>. The chapel is currently visible in the gardens of the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Museum" title="Egyptian Museum">Egyptian Museum</a> in Cairo, behind a trio of colossi of Ramesses II, which are also from Memphis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_Period">Late Period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Late Period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the Third Intermediate Period and the <a href="/wiki/Late_Period_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Late Period of ancient Egypt">Late Period</a>, Memphis is often the scene of liberation struggles of the local dynasties against an occupying force, such as the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kush" title="Kingdom of Kush">Kushites</a>, Assyrians, and Persians. The triumphant campaign of <a href="/wiki/Piye" title="Piye">Piankhi</a>, ruler of the Kushites, saw the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-fifth Dynasty</a>, whose seat of power was in <a href="/wiki/Napata" title="Napata">Napata</a>. Piankhi's conquest of Egypt was recorded on the <a href="/wiki/Victory_Stele_of_Piye_at_Gebel_Barkal" class="mw-redirect" title="Victory Stele of Piye at Gebel Barkal">Victory Stele</a> at the Temple of Amun in <a href="/wiki/Jebel_Barkal" title="Jebel Barkal">Gebel Barkal</a>. Following the capture of Memphis, he restored the temples and cults neglected during the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fourth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt">reign of the Libyans</a>. His successors are known for building chapels in the southwest corner of the temple of Ptah.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Memphis was at the heart of the turmoil produced by the great <a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Assyrian</a> threat. Under <a href="/wiki/Taharqa" title="Taharqa">Taharqa</a>, the city formed the frontier base of the resistance, which soon crumbled as the Kushite king was driven back into <a href="/wiki/Nubia" title="Nubia">Nubia</a>. The Assyrian king <a href="/wiki/Esarhaddon" title="Esarhaddon">Esarhaddon</a>, supported by some of the native Egyptian princes, captured Memphis in 671 BC. His forces sacked and raided the city, slaughtered villagers, and erected piles of their heads. Esarhaddon returned to his capital <a href="/wiki/Nineveh" title="Nineveh">Nineveh</a> with rich booty, and erected a <a href="/wiki/Victory_stele_of_Esarhaddon" title="Victory stele of Esarhaddon">victory stele</a> showing the son of Taharqa in chains. Almost as soon as the king left, Egypt rebelled against Assyrian rule. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palais_Apries_Memphis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Palais_Apries_Memphis.jpg/220px-Palais_Apries_Memphis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Palais_Apries_Memphis.jpg/330px-Palais_Apries_Memphis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Palais_Apries_Memphis.jpg/440px-Palais_Apries_Memphis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="972" data-file-height="441" /></a><figcaption>Ruins of the palace of Apries, in Memphis</figcaption></figure> <p>In Assyria, <a href="/wiki/Ashurbanipal" title="Ashurbanipal">Ashurbanipal</a> succeeded his father and resumed the offensive against Egypt. In a massive invasion in 664 BC, the city of Memphis was again sacked and looted, and the king <a href="/wiki/Tantamani" title="Tantamani">Tantamani</a> was pursued into Nubia and defeated, putting a definitive end to the Kushite reign over Egypt. Power then returned to the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-sixth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt">Saite kings</a>, who, fearful of an invasion from the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" title="Neo-Babylonian Empire">Babylonians</a>, reconstructed and even fortified structures in the city, as is attested by the palace built by <a href="/wiki/Apries" title="Apries">Apries</a> at Kom Tuman. </p><p>Egypt and Memphis were taken for <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a> by king <a href="/wiki/Cambyses_II" title="Cambyses II">Cambyses</a> in 525 BC after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pelusium_(525_BC)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Pelusium (525 BC)">Battle of Pelusium</a>. Under the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Persian_Egypt" title="History of Persian Egypt">Persians</a>, structures in the city were preserved and strengthened, and Memphis was made the administrative headquarters of the newly conquered <a href="/wiki/Satrap" title="Satrap">satrapy</a>. A Persian garrison was permanently installed within the city, probably in the great north wall, near the domineering palace of Apries. The excavations by Flinders Petrie revealed that this sector included armouries. For almost a century and a half, the city remained the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persian</a> satrapy of Egypt ("Mudraya"/"Musraya"), officially becoming one of the epicentres of commerce in the vast territory conquered by the Achaemenid monarchy. </p><p>The stelae dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Apis_(deity)" title="Apis (deity)">Apis</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Serapeum" title="Serapeum">Serapeum</a> at Saqqara, commissioned by the reigning monarch, represent a key element in understanding the events of this period. As in the Late Period, the catacombs in which the remains of the sacred bulls were buried gradually grew in size, and later took on a monumental appearance that confirms the growth of the cult's hypostases throughout the country, and particularly in Memphis and its necropolis. Thus, a monument dedicated by <a href="/wiki/Cambyses_II" title="Cambyses II">Cambyses II</a> seems to refute the testimony of Herodotus, who lends the conquerors a criminal attitude of disrespect against the sacred traditions. </p><p>The nationalist awakening came with the rise to power, however briefly, of <a href="/wiki/Amyrtaeus" title="Amyrtaeus">Amyrtaeus</a> in 404 BC, who ended the Persian occupation. He was defeated and executed at Memphis in October 399 BC by <a href="/wiki/Nepherites_I" title="Nepherites I">Nepherites I</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-ninth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-ninth dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-ninth Dynasty</a>. The execution was recorded in an Aramaic papyrus document (Papyrus Brooklyn 13). Nepherites moved the capital to <a href="/wiki/Mendes" title="Mendes">Mendes</a>, in the eastern delta, and Memphis lost its status in the political sphere. It retained, however, its religious, commercial, and strategic importance, and was instrumental in resisting Persian attempts to reconquer Egypt. </p><p>Under <a href="/wiki/Nectanebo_I" title="Nectanebo I">Nectanebo I</a>, a major rebuilding program was initiated for temples across the country. In Memphis, a powerful new wall was rebuilt for the Temple of Ptah, and developments were made to temples and chapels inside the complex. <a href="/wiki/Nectanebo_II" title="Nectanebo II">Nectanebo II</a> meanwhile, while continuing the work of his predecessor, began building large sanctuaries, especially in the necropolis of Saqqara, adorning them with pylons, statues, and paved roads lined with rows of sphinxes. Despite his efforts to prevent the recovery of the country by the Persians, he succumbed to an invasion in 340 BC. Nectanebo II retreated south to Memphis, to which the Achaemenid king <a href="/wiki/Artaxerxes_III" title="Artaxerxes III">Artaxerxes III</a> laid siege, forcing the king to flee to Upper Egypt, and eventually to Nubia. </p><p>A brief liberation of the city under the rebel-king <a href="/wiki/Khabash" title="Khabash">Khababash</a> (338 to 335 BC) is evinced by an Apis bull sarcophagus bearing his name, which was discovered at Saqqara dating from his second year. The armies of <a href="/wiki/Darius_III" title="Darius III">Darius III</a> eventually regained control of the city. </p><p>Memphis under the Late Period saw recurring invasions followed by successive liberations. Several times besieged, it was the scene of several of the bloodiest battles in the history of the country. Despite the support of their Greek allies in undermining the hegemony of the Achaemenids, the country nevertheless fell into the hands of the conquerors, and Memphis was never again to become the nation's capital. In 332 BC came the Greeks, who took control of the country from the Persians, and Egypt would never see a new native ruler ascend the throne until the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1952" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian Revolution of 1952">Egyptian Revolution of 1952</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ptolemaic_Period">Ptolemaic Period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Ptolemaic Period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_visits_the_Apis_bull_at_the_temple_in_Memphis_by_Andre_Castaigne_(1898-1899).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Alexander_visits_the_Apis_bull_at_the_temple_in_Memphis_by_Andre_Castaigne_%281898-1899%29.jpg/180px-Alexander_visits_the_Apis_bull_at_the_temple_in_Memphis_by_Andre_Castaigne_%281898-1899%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Alexander_visits_the_Apis_bull_at_the_temple_in_Memphis_by_Andre_Castaigne_%281898-1899%29.jpg/270px-Alexander_visits_the_Apis_bull_at_the_temple_in_Memphis_by_Andre_Castaigne_%281898-1899%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Alexander_visits_the_Apis_bull_at_the_temple_in_Memphis_by_Andre_Castaigne_%281898-1899%29.jpg/360px-Alexander_visits_the_Apis_bull_at_the_temple_in_Memphis_by_Andre_Castaigne_%281898-1899%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="1250" /></a><figcaption><i>Alexander at the Temple of Apis in Memphis</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Andre_Castaigne" class="mw-redirect" title="Andre Castaigne">Andre Castaigne</a> (1898–1899)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 332 BC, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> was crowned king in the Temple of Ptah, ushering in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Ptolemaic_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ptolemaic Egypt">Hellenistic period</a>. The city retained a significant status, especially religious, throughout the period following the takeover by one of his generals, <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_I_Soter" title="Ptolemy I Soter">Ptolemy I</a>. On the death of Alexander in Babylon (323 BCE), Ptolemy took great pains in acquiring his body and bringing it to Memphis. Claiming that the king had officially expressed a desire to be buried in Egypt, he then carried the body of Alexander to the heart of the temple of Ptah, and had him embalmed by the priests. By custom, kings in <a href="/wiki/Macedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedon">Macedon</a> asserted their right to the throne by burying their predecessor. <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus" title="Ptolemy II Philadelphus">Ptolemy II</a> later transferred the <a href="/wiki/Sarcophagus" title="Sarcophagus">sarcophagus</a> to Alexandria, where a royal tomb was constructed for its burial. The exact location of the tomb has been lost since then. According to <a href="/wiki/Claudius_Aelianus" title="Claudius Aelianus">Aelian</a>, the seer <a href="/wiki/Aristander" title="Aristander">Aristander</a> foretold that the land where Alexander was laid to rest "would be happy and unvanquishable forever". </p><p>Thus began the <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty" title="Ptolemaic dynasty">Ptolemaic dynasty</a>, during which began the city's gradual decline. It was Ptolemy I who first introduced the cult of <a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a> in Egypt, establishing his cult in Saqqara. From this period date many developments of the Saqqara Serapeum, including the building of the Chamber of Poets, as well as the <i>dromos</i> adorning the temple, and many elements of Greek-inspired architecture. The cult's reputation extended beyond the borders of the country, but was later eclipsed by the great <a href="/wiki/Serapeum#Alexandria" title="Serapeum">Alexandrian Serapeum</a>, built in Ptolemy's honour by his successors. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Decrees" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemaic Decrees">Decrees of Memphis</a> were issued in 216 and 196 BC, by <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemy IV">Ptolemy IV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemy V">Ptolemy V</a> respectively. Delegates from the principal clergies of the kingdom gathered in <a href="/wiki/Synod" title="Synod">synod</a>, under the patronage of the High Priest of Ptah and in the presence of the king, to establish the religious policy of the country for years to come, also dictating fees and taxes, creating new foundations, and paying tribute to the Ptolemaic rulers. These decrees were engraved on <a href="/wiki/Stele" title="Stele">stelae</a> in three scripts to be read and understood by all: <a href="/wiki/Demotic_(Egyptian)" title="Demotic (Egyptian)">Demotic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">hieroglyphic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Greek</a>. The most famous of these stelae is the <a href="/wiki/Rosetta_Stone" title="Rosetta Stone">Rosetta Stone</a>, which allowed the deciphering of ancient Egyptian script in the nineteenth century. There were other stelae, funerary this time, discovered on the site that have forwarded knowledge of the genealogy of the higher clergy of Memphis, a dynasty of high priests of Ptah. The lineage retained strong ties with the royal family in Alexandria, to the extent that marriages occurred between certain high priests and Ptolemaic princesses, strengthening even further the commitment between the two families. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decline_and_abandonment">Decline and abandonment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Decline and abandonment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Roman_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Roman Egypt">Romans</a>, Memphis, like Thebes, lost its place permanently in favour of <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>, which opened onto the empire. The rise of the cult of <a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a>, a syncretic deity most suited to the mentality of the new rulers of Egypt, and the emergence of <a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity" title="History of Christianity">Christianity</a> taking root deep into the country, spelled the complete ruin of the ancient cults of Memphis. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Egypt#Byzantine_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Egypt">Byzantine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Copt" class="mw-redirect" title="Copt">Coptic</a> periods the city gradually dwindled and finally dropped out of existence. It then became a quarry from which its stones were used to build new settlements nearby, including <a href="/wiki/Fustat" title="Fustat">Fustat</a>, the new capital founded by the <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arabs</a> who <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim conquest of Egypt">took possession</a> in the seventh century AD. The foundations of Fustat and later <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, both built farther north, were laid with stones of dismantled temples and ancient necropoleis of Memphis. In the thirteenth century, the Arab chronicler <a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Latif_al-Baghdadi_(medieval_writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (medieval writer)">Abd-ul-Latif</a>, upon visiting the site, described and gave testimony to the grandeur of the ruins. </p> <blockquote><p>Enormous as are the extent and antiquity of this city, in spite of the frequent change of governments whose yoke it has borne, and the great pains more than one nation has been at to destroy it, to sweep its last trace from the face of the earth, to carry away the stones and materials of which it was constructed, to mutilate the statues which adorned it; in spite, finally, of all that more than four thousand years have done in addition to man, these ruins still offer to the eye of the beholder a mass of marvels which bewilder the senses and which the most skillful pens must fail to describe. The more deeply we contemplate this city the more our admiration rises, and every fresh glance at the ruins is a fresh source of delight ... The ruins of Memphis hold a half-<a href="/wiki/Day%27s_journey" title="Day's journey">day's journey</a> in every direction.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Although the remains today are nothing compared to what was witnessed by the Arab historian, his testimony has inspired the work of many archaeologists. The first surveys and excavations of the nineteenth century, and the extensive work of <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Petrie" title="Flinders Petrie">Flinders Petrie</a>, have been able to show a little of the former glory of the ancient capital. Memphis and its necropolis, which include funerary rock tombs, mastabas, temples, and pyramids, were inscribed on the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage List</a> of UNESCO in 1979. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Remains">Remains</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Remains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the time of the New Kingdom, and especially under the reign of the rulers of the <a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt">Nineteenth Dynasty</a>, Memphis flourished in power and size, rivalling Thebes both politically and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_architecture" title="Ancient Egyptian architecture">architecturally</a>. An indicator of this development can be found in a chapel of <a href="/wiki/Seti_I" title="Seti I">Seti I</a> dedicated to the worship of Ptah. After more than a century of excavations on the site, archaeologists have gradually been able to confirm the layout and expansion of the ancient city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Temple_of_Ptah">Great Temple of Ptah</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Great Temple of Ptah"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Memphis-temple-Ptah.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Memphis-temple-Ptah.jpg/300px-Memphis-temple-Ptah.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Memphis-temple-Ptah.jpg/450px-Memphis-temple-Ptah.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Memphis-temple-Ptah.jpg/600px-Memphis-temple-Ptah.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4862" data-file-height="2858" /></a><figcaption>Artist's depiction of the western forecourt of the Great Temple of Ptah at Memphis</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Hout-ka-Ptah</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-hierogtop_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hierogtop-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Fnt 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> dedicated to the worship of the creator god <a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a>, was the largest and most important temple in ancient Memphis. It was one of the most prominent structures in the city, occupying a large precinct within the city's centre. Enriched by centuries of veneration, the temple was one of the three foremost places of worship in Ancient Egypt, the others being the great temples of <a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a> in <a href="/wiki/Heliopolis_(Ancient_Egypt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt)">Heliopolis</a>, and of <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a> in Thebes. </p><p>Much of what is known today about the ancient temple comes from the writings of Herodotus, who visited the site at the time of the first Persian invasion, long after the fall of the New Kingdom. Herodotus claimed that the temple had been founded by <a href="/wiki/Menes" title="Menes">Menes</a>, and that the core building of the complex was restricted to priests and kings.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His account, however, gives no physical description of the complex. Archaeological work undertaken in the last century has gradually unearthed the temple's ruins, revealing a huge walled compound accessible by several monumental gates located along the southern, western, and eastern walls. </p><p>The remains of the great temple and its premises are displayed as an open-air museum near the great <a href="#Statues_of_Rameses_II">colossus</a> of Ramesses II, which originally marked the southern axis of the temple. Also in this sector is a large <a href="/wiki/Sphinx" title="Sphinx">sphinx</a> monolith, discovered in the nineteenth century. It dates from the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth Dynasty</a>, most likely having been carved during the reign of either <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_II" title="Amenhotep II">Amenhotep II</a> or <a href="/wiki/Thutmose_IV" title="Thutmose IV">Thutmose IV</a>. It is one of the finest examples of this kind statuary still present on its original site. The outdoor museum houses numerous other statues, colossi, sphinxes, and architectural elements. However, the majority of the finds have been sold to major museums around the world. For the most part, these can be found on display in the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Museum" title="Egyptian Museum">Egyptian Museum</a> in Cairo. </p><p>The specific appearance of the temple is unclear at present, and only that of the main access to the perimeter are known. Recent developments include the discovery of giant statues that adorned the gates or towers. Those that have been found date from the reign of Ramsses II. This king also built at least three shrines within the temple compound, where worship is associated with those deities to whom they were dedicated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temple_of_Ptah_of_Ramesses_II">Temple of Ptah of Ramesses II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Temple of Ptah of Ramesses II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This small temple, adjoining the southwest corner of the larger Temple of Ptah, was dedicated to the deified Ramesses II, along with the three state deities: Horus, Ptah and Amun. It is known in full as the Temple of Ptah of Ramesses, Beloved of <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a>, God, Ruler of Heliopolis.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its ruins were discovered in 1942 by archaeologist Ahmed Badawy and were excavated in 1955 by Rudolf Anthes. The excavations uncovered a religious building complete with a tower, a courtyard for ritual offerings, a portico with columns followed by a pillared hall and a tripartite sanctuary, all enclosed in walls built of mudbricks. Its most recent exterior has been dated from the New Kingdom era. </p><p>The temple opened to the east toward a path paved with other religious buildings. The archaeological explorations that took place here reveal that the southern part of the city indeed contain a large number of religious buildings with a particular devotion to the god Ptah, the principal deity of Memphis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temple_of_Ptah_and_Sekhmet_of_Ramesses_II">Temple of Ptah and Sekhmet of Ramesses II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Temple of Ptah and Sekhmet of Ramesses II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located farther east, and near to the great colossus of Ramesses, this small temple is attributed to the nineteenth dynasty, and seems to have been dedicated to Ptah and his divine consort <a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a>, as well as deified Ramesses II. Its ruins are not so well preserved as others nearby, as its limestone foundations appear to have been quarried after the abandonment of the city in late antiquity. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MerenptahOfferingtoPtah.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/MerenptahOfferingtoPtah.jpg/180px-MerenptahOfferingtoPtah.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/MerenptahOfferingtoPtah.jpg/270px-MerenptahOfferingtoPtah.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/MerenptahOfferingtoPtah.jpg/360px-MerenptahOfferingtoPtah.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>Column depicting Merenptah making an offering to Ptah</figcaption></figure> <p>Two giant statues, dating from the Middle Kingdom, originally adorned the building's facade, which opened to the west. They were moved inside the Museum of Memphis, and depicted the king standing in the attitude of the march, wearing the <a href="/wiki/Hedjet" title="Hedjet">Hedjet</a>, the white crown of Upper Egypt. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temple_of_Ptah_of_Merneptah">Temple of Ptah of Merneptah</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Temple of Ptah of Merneptah"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the southeast of the Great Temple complex, the king <a href="/wiki/Merneptah" title="Merneptah">Merneptah</a> of the Nineteenth Dynasty founded a new shrine in honour of the chief deity of the city, Ptah. This temple was discovered in the early twentieth century by Flinders Petrie, who identified it as a depiction of the Greek god <a href="/wiki/Proteus" title="Proteus">Proteus</a> cited by Herodotus. </p><p>The site was excavated during the First World War by Clarence Stanley Fisher. Excavations began in the anterior part, which is formed by a large courtyard of approximately 15 sq metres, opening on the south by a large door with reliefs supplying the names of the king and the epithets of Ptah. Only this part of the temple has been unearthed; the remainder of the chamber has yet to be explored a little farther north. During the excavations, archaeologists unearthed the first traces of an edifice built of mudbrick, which quickly proved to be a large ceremonial palace built alongside the temple proper. Some of the key elements of the stone temple were donated by Egypt to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania_Museum_of_Archaeology_and_Anthropology" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology">museum</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>, which financed the expedition, while the other remained at the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Museum" title="Egyptian Museum">Egyptian Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>. </p><p>The temple remained in use throughout the rest of the New Kingdom, as evidenced by enrolment surges during the reigns of later kings. Thereafter, however, it was gradually abandoned and converted for other uses by civilians. Gradually buried by the activity of the city, the stratigraphic study of the site shows that by the <a href="/wiki/Late_Period_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Late Period of ancient Egypt">Late Period</a> it was already in ruins and is soon covered by new buildings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temple_of_Hathor">Temple of Hathor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Temple of Hathor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Temple_d%27Hathor_pano.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Temple_d%27Hathor_pano.jpg/220px-Temple_d%27Hathor_pano.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Temple_d%27Hathor_pano.jpg/330px-Temple_d%27Hathor_pano.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Temple_d%27Hathor_pano.jpg/440px-Temple_d%27Hathor_pano.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1273" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>The ruins of the temple of Hathor of Memphis</figcaption></figure> <p>This small temple of Hathor was unearthed south of the great wall of the Hout-Ka-Ptah by Abdullah al-Sayed Mahmud in the 1970s and also dates from the time of Ramesses II.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dedicated to the goddess <a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a>, Lady of the Sycamore, it presents an architecture similar to the small temple-shrines known especially to <a href="/wiki/Karnak" title="Karnak">Karnak</a>. From its proportions, it does not seem to be a major shrine of the goddess, but is currently the only building dedicated to her discovered in the city's ruins. </p><p>It is believed that this shrine was primarily used for processional purposes during major religious festivals. A larger temple dedicated to Hathor, indeed one of the foremost shrines of the goddess in the country, is thought to have existed elsewhere in the city, but to date has not been discovered. A depression, similar to that found near the great temple of Ptah, could indicate its location. Archaeologists believe that it could house the remains of an enclosure and a large monument, a theory attested by ancient sources. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_temples">Other temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The temple of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a> was said to have been located to the north of the temple of Ptah. It has not been discovered to date. </p><p>Memphis is believed to have housed a number of other temples dedicated to deities who accompanied Ptah. Some of these sanctuaries are attested by ancient hieroglyphs, but have not yet been found among the ruins of the city. Surveys and excavations are still continuing at nearby Mit Rahina, and will likely add to the knowledge of the planning of the ancient religious city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temples_to_foreign_deities">Temples to foreign deities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Temples to foreign deities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A temple dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Mithras" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithras">Mithras</a>, dated from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Egypt" title="Roman Egypt">Roman period</a>, has been uncovered in the grounds north of Memphis. The temple of <a href="/wiki/Astarte" title="Astarte">Astarte</a>, described by Herodotus, was located in the area reserved to the <a href="/wiki/Phoenicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenicians">Phoenicians</a> during the time when the Greek author visited the city, but has not been discovered to date. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temple_of_Sekhmet">Temple of Sekhmet</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Temple of Sekhmet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A temple dedicated to the goddess <a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a>, consort of Ptah, has not yet been found, but is currently certified by Egyptian sources. Archaeologists are still searching for remains. It may be located within the precinct of the Hout-ka-Ptah, as would seem to suggest several discoveries made among the ruins of the complex in the late nineteenth century, including a block of stone evoking the "great door" with the epithet of the goddess,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a column bearing an inscription on behalf of Ramesses II declaring him "beloved of Sekhmet".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has also been demonstrated through the <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_Harris_I" title="Papyrus Harris I">Great Harris Papyrus</a>, which states that a statue of the goddess was made alongside those of Ptah and their son, the god <a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a>, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Rameses_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Rameses III">Ramesses III</a>, and that it was commissioned for the deities of Memphis at the heart of the great temple.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temple_of_Apis">Temple of Apis</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Temple of Apis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louvres-antiquites-egyptiennes-p1020068.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Louvres-antiquites-egyptiennes-p1020068.jpg/220px-Louvres-antiquites-egyptiennes-p1020068.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Louvres-antiquites-egyptiennes-p1020068.jpg/330px-Louvres-antiquites-egyptiennes-p1020068.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Louvres-antiquites-egyptiennes-p1020068.jpg/440px-Louvres-antiquites-egyptiennes-p1020068.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>A statue of the sacred bull, Apis, found at the Serapeum of Saqqara.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Temple of Apis in Memphis was the main temple dedicated to the worship of the bull <a href="/wiki/Apis_(deity)" title="Apis (deity)">Apis</a>, considered to be a living manifestation of Ptah. It is detailed in the works of classical historians such as Herodotus, Diodorus, and <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>, but its location has yet to be discovered amidst the ruins of the ancient capital. According to Herodotus, who described the temple's courtyard as a <a href="/wiki/Peristyle" title="Peristyle">peristyle</a> of columns with giant statues, it was built during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Psamtik_I" title="Psamtik I">Psamtik I</a>. The Greek historian Strabo visited the site with the conquering Roman troops, following the victory against <a href="/wiki/Cleopatra" title="Cleopatra">Cleopatra</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Actium" title="Battle of Actium">Battle of Actium</a>. He details that the temple consisted of two chambers, one for the bull and the other for his mother, and all was built near the temple of Ptah. At the temple, Apis was used as an <a href="/wiki/Oracle" title="Oracle">oracle</a>, his movements being interpreted as <a href="/wiki/Prophecy" title="Prophecy">prophecies</a>. His breath was believed to cure disease, and his presence to bless those around with virility. He was given a window in the temple through which he could be seen, and on certain holidays was led through the streets of the city, bedecked with jewellery and flowers. </p><p>In 1941, the archaeologist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_Badawy_(archaeologist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed Badawy (archaeologist) (page does not exist)">Ahmed Badawy</a> discovered the first remains in Memphis that depicted the god Apis. The site, located within the grounds of the great temple of Ptah, was revealed to be a mortuary chamber designed exclusively for the <a href="/wiki/Embalming" title="Embalming">embalming</a> of the sacred bull. A <a href="/wiki/Stele" title="Stele">stele</a> found at Saqqara shows that <a href="/wiki/Nectanebo_II" title="Nectanebo II">Nectanebo II</a> had ordered the restoration of this building, and elements dated from the <a href="/wiki/Thirtieth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt">Thirtieth Dynasty</a> have been unearthed in the northern part of the chamber, confirming the time of reconstruction in this part of the temple. It is likely that the mortuary was part of the larger temple of Apis cited by ancient sources. This sacred part of the temple would be the only part that has survived, and would confirm the words of Strabo and Diodorus, both of whom stated that the temple was located near the temple of Ptah.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siamun%E2%80%99s_royal_cartouche_on_a_lintel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Siamun%E2%80%99s_royal_cartouche_on_a_lintel.jpg/220px-Siamun%E2%80%99s_royal_cartouche_on_a_lintel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Siamun%E2%80%99s_royal_cartouche_on_a_lintel.jpg/330px-Siamun%E2%80%99s_royal_cartouche_on_a_lintel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Siamun%E2%80%99s_royal_cartouche_on_a_lintel.jpg/440px-Siamun%E2%80%99s_royal_cartouche_on_a_lintel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>Ankhefenmut kneels before the royal cartouche of Siamun, on a lintel from the Temple of Amun in Memphis</figcaption></figure> <p>The majority of known Apis statues come from the burial chambers known as <a href="/wiki/Serapeum" title="Serapeum">Serapeum</a>, located to the northwest at <a href="/wiki/Saqqara" title="Saqqara">Saqqara</a>. The most ancient burials found at this site date back to the reign of <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_III" title="Amenhotep III">Amenhotep III</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temple_of_Amun">Temple of Amun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Temple of Amun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-first_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-first Dynasty</a>, a shrine of the great god <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a> was built by <a href="/wiki/Siamun" title="Siamun">Siamun</a> to the south of the temple of Ptah. This temple (or temples) was most likely dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Theban_Triad" title="Theban Triad">Theban Triad</a>, consisting of Amun, his consort <a href="/wiki/Mut" title="Mut">Mut</a>, and their son <a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khonsu</a>. It was the Upper Egyptian counterpart of the Memphis Triad (Ptah, Sekhmet, and Nefertem). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Temple_of_Aten">Temple of Aten</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Temple of Aten"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A temple dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a> in Memphis is attested by hieroglyphs found within the tombs of Memphite dignitaries of the end of the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth Dynasty</a>, uncovered at Saqqara. Among them, that of <a href="/wiki/Tutankhamun" title="Tutankhamun">Tutankhamun</a>, who began his career under the reign of his father, <a href="/wiki/Akhenaten" title="Akhenaten">Akhenaten</a>, as a "steward of the temple of Aten in Memphis".<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the early excavations at Memphis in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, artefacts have been uncovered in different parts of the city that indicate the presence of a building dedicated to the worship of the <a href="/wiki/Sun_(hieroglyph)" title="Sun (hieroglyph)">sun disc</a>, The Aten. The location of such a building is lost, and various hypotheses have been made on this subject based on the place of discovery of the remains of the <a href="/wiki/Amarna_Period" title="Amarna Period">Amarna Period</a> features.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statues_of_Ramesses_II">Statues of Ramesses II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Statues of Ramesses II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span class="mw-3d-wrapper" data-label="3D"><a href="/wiki/File:Colossal_sculpture_of_Ramesses_II.stl" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Colossal_sculpture_of_Ramesses_II.stl/220px-Colossal_sculpture_of_Ramesses_II.stl.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Colossal_sculpture_of_Ramesses_II.stl/330px-Colossal_sculpture_of_Ramesses_II.stl.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Colossal_sculpture_of_Ramesses_II.stl/440px-Colossal_sculpture_of_Ramesses_II.stl.png 2x" data-file-width="5120" data-file-height="2880" /></a></span><figcaption>A 3-D scan of the colossal sculpture of Ramesses II in Memphis museum, Egypt</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures,_Egypt._(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%281%29.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%281%29.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%281%29.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>The colossus of Ramesses II in the open-air museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The ruins of ancient Memphis have yielded a large number of sculptures representing <a href="/wiki/Rameses_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Rameses II">Ramesses II</a>. Within the museum in Memphis is a giant statue of him carved of monumental <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>, about 10 metres in length. It was discovered in 1820 near the southern gate of the temple of Ptah by Italian archaeologist <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Caviglia" title="Giovanni Battista Caviglia">Giovanni Caviglia</a>. Because the base and feet of the sculpture are broken off from the rest of the body, it is currently displayed lying on its back. Some of the colours are still partially preserved, but the beauty of this statue lies in its flawless detail of the complex and subtle forms of human anatomy. The king wears the white crown of Upper Egypt, <a href="/wiki/Hedjet" title="Hedjet">Hedjet</a>. </p><p>Caviglia offered to send the statue to Grand Duke of Tuscany, <a href="/wiki/Leopold_II,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany" title="Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany">Leopold II</a>, through the mediation of <a href="/wiki/Ippolito_Rosellini" title="Ippolito Rosellini">Ippolito Rosellini</a>. Rosellini advised the sovereign of the terrible expenses involved with transportation, and considered as necessary the cutting of the colossus into pieces. The <a href="/wiki/W%C4%81li" class="mw-redirect" title="Wāli">Wāli</a> and self-declared <a href="/wiki/Khedive" title="Khedive">Khedive</a> of Egypt and Sudan, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_of_Egypt" title="Muhammad Ali of Egypt">Muhammad Ali Pasha</a>, offered to donate it to the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>, but the museum declined the offer because of the difficult task of shipping the huge statue to London. It therefore remained in the archaeological area of Memphis in the museum built to protect it. </p><p>The colossus was one of a pair that historically adorned the eastern entrance to the temple of Ptah. <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Ramesses_II_(Mit_Rahina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Statue of Ramesses II (Mit Rahina)">The other</a>, found in the same year also by Caviglia, was restored in the 1950s to its full standing height of 11 metres. It was first displayed in the Bab Al-Hadid square in Cairo, which was subsequently renamed Ramses Square. Deemed an unsuitable location, it was moved in 2006 to a temporary location in <a href="/wiki/Giza" title="Giza">Giza</a>, where it underwent restoration before being installed at the entrance of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Egyptian_Museum" title="Grand Egyptian Museum">Grand Egyptian Museum</a> in January 2018. A replica of the statues stands in a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heliopolis_(Cairo_suburb)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heliopolis (Cairo suburb)">Heliopolis</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memphite_Necropolis">Memphite Necropolis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Memphite Necropolis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Memphite_Necropolis" title="Memphite Necropolis">Memphite Necropolis</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg/220px-Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg/330px-Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg/440px-Pyramid_of_Djoser.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>The famed stepped <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_of_Djoser" title="Pyramid of Djoser">Pyramid of Djoser</a> at Saqqara, the Memphis necropolis</figcaption></figure> <p>Because of its antiquity and its large population, Memphis had several <a href="/wiki/List_of_necropoleis" title="List of necropoleis">necropoleis</a> spread along the valley, including the most famous, <a href="/wiki/Saqqara" title="Saqqara">Saqqara</a>. In addition, the urban area consisted of cemeteries that were constructed to the west of the great temple. The sanctity of these places inevitably attracted the devout and the faithful, who sought either to make an offering to <a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a>, or to bury another. </p><p>The part of the city called <i>Ankh-tawy</i> was already included in the Middle Kingdom necropolis. Expansions of the western sector of the temple of Ptah were ordered by the kings of the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-second_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt">Twenty-second Dynasty</a>, seeking to revive the past glory of the Ramesside age. Within this part of the site was founded a necropolis of the high priests. </p><p>According to sources, the site also included a chapel or an oratory to the goddess <a href="/wiki/Bastet" title="Bastet">Bastet</a>, which seems consistent with the presence of monuments of rulers of the dynasty following the cult of <a href="/wiki/Bubastis" title="Bubastis">Bubastis</a>. Also in this area were the <a href="/wiki/Mortuary_temple" title="Mortuary temple">mortuary temples</a> devoted by various New Kingdom kings, whose function is paralleled by Egyptologists to that played by the <a href="/wiki/Temples_of_a_Million_years" class="mw-redirect" title="Temples of a Million years">Temples of a Million years</a> of the Theban kings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_palaces">Royal palaces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Royal palaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Memphis was the seat of power for the kings of more than eight <a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Egyptian_dynasties" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ancient Egyptian dynasties">dynasties</a>. According to Manetho, the first royal palace was founded by <a href="/wiki/Hor-Aha" title="Hor-Aha">Hor-Aha</a>, the successor of <a href="/wiki/Narmer" title="Narmer">Narmer</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/First_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="First dynasty of Egypt">1st Dynasty</a>. He built a fortress in Memphis of white walls. Egyptian sources tell of the palaces of the Old Kingdom rulers, some of which were built underneath major royal pyramids. They were immense in size, and were embellished with parks and lakes.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the palaces described below, other sources indicate the existence of a palace founded in the city by <a href="/wiki/Thutmose_I" title="Thutmose I">Thutmose I</a>, which was still operating under the reign of <a href="/wiki/Tuthmosis_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuthmosis IV">Tuthmosis IV</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Memphis200402.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Memphis200402.JPG/220px-Memphis200402.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Memphis200402.JPG/330px-Memphis200402.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Memphis200402.JPG/440px-Memphis200402.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The ruins of the palace of Apries, overlooking Memphis</figcaption></figure> <p>According to official texts of his reign, Merneptah ordered the building of a large walled enclosure housing a new temple and an adjoining palace.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later <a href="/wiki/Apries" title="Apries">Apries</a>, had a palatial complex constructed at Kom Tuman on a promontory overlooking the city. It was part of a series of structures built within the temple precinct in the Late Period, and contained a royal palace, a fortress, barracks, and armouries. <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Petrie" title="Flinders Petrie">Flinders Petrie</a> excavated the area and found considerable signs of military activity.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_buildings">Other buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Other buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The centrally located palaces and temples were surrounded by different districts of the city, in which were many craftsmen's workshops, arsenals, and dockyards. Also were residential neighbourhoods, some of which were inhabited primarily by foreigners—first <a href="/wiki/Hittites" title="Hittites">Hittites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phoenicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenicians">Phoenicians</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Persians</a>, and finally <a href="/wiki/Greek_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek people">Greeks</a>. The city was indeed located at the crossroads of trade routes and thus attracted goods imported from diverse regions of the Mediterranean. </p><p>Ancient texts confirm that citywide development took place regularly. Furthermore, there is evidence that the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a> has shifted over the centuries to the east, leaving new lands to occupy in the eastern part of the old capital.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This area of the city was dominated by the large eastern gate of the temple of Ptah. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_accounts_and_exploration">Historical accounts and exploration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Historical accounts and exploration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The site of Memphis has been famous since ancient times and is cited in many ancient sources, including both Egyptian and foreign. Diplomatic records found on different sites have detailed the correspondence between the city and the various contemporary empires in the Mediterranean, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East">Ancient Near East</a>, and Africa. These include for example the <a href="/wiki/Amarna_letters" title="Amarna letters">Amarna letters</a>, which detail trade conducted by Memphis with the sovereigns of <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a> and the various city-states of <a href="/wiki/History_of_ancient_Lebanon" title="History of ancient Lebanon">Lebanon</a>. The proclamations of the later Assyrian kings cite Memphis among its list of conquests. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources_from_antiquity">Sources from antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sources from antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning with the second half of the first millennium BC, the city was detailed more and more intensely in the words of ancient historians, especially with the development of trade ties with Greece. The descriptions of the city by travellers who followed the traders in the discovery of Egypt have proved instrumental in reconstructing an image of the glorious past of the ancient capital. Among the main classical authors are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>, Greek historian, who visited and described the monuments of the city during the first <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Persian</a> <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid" class="mw-redirect" title="Achaemenid">Achaemenid</a> rule in the fifth century BC <sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diodorus_Siculus" title="Diodorus Siculus">Diodorus Siculus</a>, Greek historian, who visited the site in the first century BC, providing later information about the city during the reign of the Ptolemies <sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic">Hellenistic</a> geographer, who visited during the Roman conquest in the late first century BC <sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Subsequently, the city is often cited by other Latin or Greek authors, in rare cases providing an overall description of the city or detailing its cults, as do <a href="/wiki/Suetonius" title="Suetonius">Suetonius</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus" title="Ammianus Marcellinus">Ammianus Marcellinus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who pay particular attention to the city's worship of Apis. </p><p>The city was plunged into oblivion during the Christian period that followed. Few sources are available to attest to the city's activities during its final stages. </p><p>It was not until the conquest of the country by the Arabs that a description of the city reappears, by which time it was in ruins. Among the major sources from this time: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Latif_al-Baghdadi_(medieval_writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (medieval writer)">Abd-al-Latif</a>, a famous geographer of Baghdad, who in the thirteenth century gives a description of the ruins of the site during his trip to Egypt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Maqrizi" title="Al-Maqrizi">Al-Maqrizi</a>, Egyptian historian in the fourteenth century, who visited the site and describes it in detail</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_exploration">Early exploration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Early exploration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MemphisJamesRennell01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Memphis, Egypt in 1799." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/MemphisJamesRennell01.jpg/220px-MemphisJamesRennell01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/MemphisJamesRennell01.jpg/330px-MemphisJamesRennell01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/MemphisJamesRennell01.jpg/440px-MemphisJamesRennell01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1442" data-file-height="1849" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_Rennell" title="James Rennell">James Rennell</a>'s map of Memphis and <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a> in 1799, showing the changes in the course of the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a> river</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1652 during his trip to Egypt, <a href="/wiki/Jean_de_Th%C3%A9venot" title="Jean de Thévenot">Jean de Thévenot</a> identified the location of the site and its ruins, confirming the accounts of the old Arab authors for Europeans. His description is brief, but represents the first step toward the exploration that will emerge after the development of <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archaeology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The starting point of archaeological exploration in Memphis was <a href="/wiki/Napol%C3%A9on_Bonaparte" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoléon Bonaparte">Napoléon Bonaparte</a>'s great <a href="/wiki/French_Campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="French Campaign in Egypt and Syria">foray into Egypt</a> in 1798. Research and surveys of the site confirmed the identification of Thévenot, and the first studies of its remains were carried out by scientists accompanying French soldiers. The results of the first scientific studies were published in the monumental <i><a href="/wiki/Description_de_l%27%C3%89gypte" title="Description de l'Égypte">Description de l'Égypte</a></i>, a map of the region, the first to give the location of Memphis with precision. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean_Pascal_Sebah,_Statue_de_Ramses_-_Memphis_-_18802.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Jean_Pascal_Sebah%2C_Statue_de_Ramses_-_Memphis_-_18802.jpg/220px-Jean_Pascal_Sebah%2C_Statue_de_Ramses_-_Memphis_-_18802.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Jean_Pascal_Sebah%2C_Statue_de_Ramses_-_Memphis_-_18802.jpg/330px-Jean_Pascal_Sebah%2C_Statue_de_Ramses_-_Memphis_-_18802.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Jean_Pascal_Sebah%2C_Statue_de_Ramses_-_Memphis_-_18802.jpg/440px-Jean_Pascal_Sebah%2C_Statue_de_Ramses_-_Memphis_-_18802.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1057" data-file-height="819" /></a><figcaption>Statue of Ramesses II, uncovered in Memphis by Joseph Hekekyan</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nineteenth_century">Nineteenth century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Nineteenth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The early French expeditions paved the way for explorations of a deeper scope that would follow from the nineteenth century until today, conducted by leading explorers, Egyptologists, and major archaeological institutions. Here is a partial list: </p> <ul><li>The first excavations of the site were made by Caviglia and Sloane in 1820 and they discovered the great colossus of Ramesses II lying, currently on display in the museum.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Champollion" title="Jean-François Champollion">Jean-François Champollion</a>, in his trip to Egypt from 1828 to 1830 through Memphis, described the giant statue discovered by Caviglia and Sloane, made a few digs at the site, and decrypted many of the epigraphic remains. He promised to return with more resources and more time to study, but his sudden death in 1832 prevented fulfillment of this ambition.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Richard_Lepsius" title="Karl Richard Lepsius">Karl Richard Lepsius</a>, during the Prussian expedition of 1842, made a quick survey of the ruins and created a first detailed map that would serve as the basis for all future explorations and excavations.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/British_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="British Egypt">British era</a> in Egypt, the development of agricultural technology along with the systematic cultivation of the Nile floodplains led to a considerable amount of accidental archaeological discoveries. Much of what was found would fall into the hands of major European collectors travelling the country on behalf of the great museums of <a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_London" title="List of museums in London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Paris" title="List of museums in Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_and_galleries_in_Berlin" title="List of museums and galleries in Berlin">Berlin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Museo_Egizio" title="Museo Egizio">Turin</a>. It was during one of these land cultivations that peasants accidentally discovered elements of a Roman temple of <a href="/wiki/Mithras" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithras">Mithras</a> during 1847 near the village of Mit Rahina. It was probably at this location where eleven statues were found. A review of <i>Les Statues Ptolémaïques du Sarapieion de Memphis</i> noted they were probably built in the third century with limestone and stucco, some standing others sitting. In 1956, Rowe and Rees suggested that this theme was similar to Plato's Academy mosaic. The statues were attributed to, <a href="/wiki/Pindar" title="Pindar">Pindar</a> (seated, identified per a graffiti), an inscription at the back of his chair that reads Dionysi, <a href="/wiki/Demetrius_of_Phalerum" title="Demetrius of Phalerum">Demetrius of Phalerum</a>, Orphic, aux oiseaux, Hesiode, <a href="/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a> seated in the center (head was recovered), <a href="/wiki/Protagoras" title="Protagoras">Protagoras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thales" class="mw-redirect" title="Thales">Thales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heraclite" class="mw-redirect" title="Heraclite">Heraclite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Platon</a> (per inscription), and <a href="/wiki/Aristote" class="mw-redirect" title="Aristote">Aristote</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RoweRees1956_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoweRees1956-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1852 to 1854, Joseph Hekekyan, then working for the Egyptian government, conducted geological surveys on the site, and on these occasions made a number of discoveries, such as those at Kom el-Khanzir (northeast of the great temple of Ptah). These stones decorated with reliefs from the Amarna period, originally from the ancient temple of Aten in Memphis, had almost certainly been reused in the foundations of another ruined monument. He also discovered the great <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Ramesses_II_(Mit_Rahina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Statue of Ramesses II (Mit Rahina)">colossus of Ramesses II</a> in pink granite. </p><p>This spate of archaeological discoveries gave birth to the constant risk of seeing all these cultural riches leaving Egyptian soil. <a href="/wiki/Auguste-%C3%89douard_Mariette" class="mw-redirect" title="Auguste-Édouard Mariette">Auguste-Édouard Mariette</a>, who visited Saqqara in 1850, became aware of the need to create an institution in Egypt responsible for the exploration and conservation of the country's archaeological treasures. He established the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council_of_Antiquities" title="Supreme Council of Antiquities">Egyptian Antiquities Organisation</a> (EAO) in 1859, and organised excavations at Memphis that revealed the first evidence of the great temple of Ptah, and uncovered the royal statues of the Old Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The earliest published papyri <a href="/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyri" title="Greek Magical Papyri">Greek Magical Papyri</a>, may have originated from the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Betz_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Betz-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twentieth_century">Twentieth century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Twentieth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The major excavations of the British Egyptologist Sir <a href="/wiki/Flinders_Petrie" title="Flinders Petrie">William Matthew Flinders Petrie</a>, conducted from 1907 to 1912, uncovered the majority of the ruins as seen today. Major discoveries on the site during these excavations included the pillared hall of the temple of Ptah, the pylon of Ramesses II, the great alabaster sphinx, and the great wall north of the palace of Apries. He also discovered the remains of the Temple of Amun of Siamon, and the Temple of Ptah of Merneptah.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of his discoveries were documented by the <i>London Times</i> during May 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His work was interrupted during the First World War, and would later be taken up by other archaeologists, gradually uncovering some of the forgotten monuments of the ancient capital. </p><p>A timeline listing the main findings: </p> <ul><li>1914 to 1921: the excavations of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> of the Temple of Ptah of Merneptah, which yield the discovery of the adjoining palace.</li> <li>1942: the EAO survey, led by Egyptologist Ahmed Badawy, discovers the small Temple of Ptah of Ramesses, and the chapel of the tomb of Prince Shoshenq of the twenty-second dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1950: Egyptologist <a href="/wiki/Labib_Habachi" title="Labib Habachi">Labib Habachi</a> discovered the chapel of Seti I, on behalf of the Egyptian Antiquities Organisation. The Egyptian government decided to transfer the pink granite colossus of Ramesses II to Cairo. It was placed before the city's <a href="/wiki/Ramses_Station" title="Ramses Station">main train station</a>, in a square subsequently named <i>Midân Ramesses</i> for over fifty years, before being moved to another location in Giza in 2006 for restoration. It was later moved in January 2018 to the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Egyptian_Museum" title="Grand Egyptian Museum">Grand Egyptian Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1954: the chance discovery by roadworkers of a necropolis of the Middle Kingdom at Kom el-Fakhri.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1955 to 1957: Rudolph Anthes, on behalf of the University of Philadelphia, searched and cleared the small Temple of Ptah of Ramesses, and the embalming chapel of Apis.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1969: the accidental discovery of a chapel of the small Temple of Hathor.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1970 to 1984: excavations conducted by the EAO clear the small temple of Hathor, directed by Abdullah el-Sayed Mahmud, Huleil Ghali, and Karim Abu Shanab.</li> <li>1980: excavations of the embalming chamber of Apis, and further studies by the <a href="/wiki/American_Research_Center_in_Egypt" title="American Research Center in Egypt">American Research Center in Egypt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1982: Egyptologist Jaromir Málek studied and recorded the findings of the small temple of Ptah of Ramesses.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1970, and 1984 to 1990: excavations by the <a href="/wiki/Egypt_Exploration_Society" title="Egypt Exploration Society">Egypt Exploration Society</a> of London. Further excavations of the pillared hall and pylon of Ramesses II; the discovery of granite blocks bearing the annals of the reign of <a href="/wiki/Amenemhat_II" title="Amenemhat II">Amenemhat II</a>; excavations of the tombs of high priests of Ptah; research and major explorations at the necropolis near Saqqara.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2003: renewed excavations of the small temple of Hathor by the EAO (now the Supreme Council of Antiquities).</li> <li>2003 to 2004: Excavations by a combined Russian-Belgian mission in the great wall north of Memphis.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Memphis_Ptah_112004.jpg/180px-Memphis_Ptah_112004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Memphis_Ptah_112004.jpg/240px-Memphis_Ptah_112004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="819" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Depiction of Ptah found on the walls of the <a href="#Temple_of_Hathor">Temple of Hathor</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GD-EG-Memphis004.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The alabaster sphinx found outside the Temple of Ptah"><img alt="The alabaster sphinx found outside the Temple of Ptah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/GD-EG-Memphis004.JPG/120px-GD-EG-Memphis004.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/GD-EG-Memphis004.JPG/180px-GD-EG-Memphis004.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/GD-EG-Memphis004.JPG/240px-GD-EG-Memphis004.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The alabaster sphinx found outside the <a href="#Great_Temple_of_Ptah">Temple of Ptah</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Memphis,_Ramses_II,_Ancient_Egypt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of Ramesses II in the open-air museum"><img alt="Statue of Ramesses II in the open-air museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Memphis%2C_Ramses_II%2C_Ancient_Egypt.jpg/120px-Memphis%2C_Ramses_II%2C_Ancient_Egypt.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" 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width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%282%29.jpg/180px-Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%282%29.jpg/240px-Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures%2C_Egypt._%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Closeup of the sphinx outside the Temple of Ptah</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Memphis,_Pharaoh_Rameses_II,_Ancient_Egypt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Colossus of Ramesses II"><img alt="Colossus of Ramesses II" 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src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Q3.png?42130" height="15" title="Q3 [p]" alt="p" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_M17.png?2e70b" height="38" title="M17 [i]" alt="i" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_M17.png?2e70b" height="38" title="M17 [i]" alt="i" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="mw-hiero-box" style="height: 2px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><img class="skin-invert" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Ca2.png?3dadc" height="44" title=">" alt=">" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Y5.png?381eb" height="13" title="Y5" alt="Y5" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N35.png?fcc27" height="5" title="N35" alt="N35" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_F35.png?9f378" height="38" title="F35" alt="F35" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O24.png?982d7" height="38" title="O24" alt="O24" /></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>Ppj-mn-nfr</i> = Pepi-men-nefer ("Pepi is perfection", or "Pepi is beauty").</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hyksos-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hyksos_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Most of these relics would be subsequently recovered by Rameses II in order to decorate his new capital at Pi-Ramses. Later, they were moved again during the Third Intermediate Period to Tanis, and many have been found scattered among the ruins of the country's various ancient capitals.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hierogtop-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hierogtop_52-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table class="mw-hiero-table"><tbody><tr> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_Q3.png?42130" height="15" title="Q3" alt="Q3" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_X1.png?f2a8c" height="11" title="X1" alt="X1" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_V28.png?f1179" height="38" title="V28" alt="V28" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O6.png?36172" height="38" title="O6" alt="O6" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_X1.png?f2a8c" height="11" title="X1" alt="X1" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O1.png?39788" height="16" title="O1" alt="O1" /></td> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_D28.png?cf7bf" height="24" title="D28" alt="D28" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_O49.png?dd778" height="18" title="O49" alt="O49" /></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i>ḥw.t-k3-Ptḥ</i> = Hout-ka-Ptah</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis,_Egypt&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Najovits171-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Najovits171_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Najovits171_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Najovits, Simson R. <i>Egypt, trunk of the tree: a modern survey of an ancient land</i> (Vol. 1–2), Algora Publishing, p171.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-talle-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-talle_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-talle_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-talle_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">P. 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