Ancient Egypt Memphis City Map
The pyramid of djoser or step pyramid is an archaeological remain in the saqqara necropolis egypt northwest of the city of memphis.
Ancient egypt memphis city map. It was the home of many pharaohs including king tutankhamun and it remained an essential city throughout history until its demise around the time of the rise of christianity after the first century a d. Map of ancient egypt. Memphis was one of the oldest and most important cities in ancient egypt located at the entrance to the nile river valley near the giza plateau. Browse and download minecraft egypt maps by the planet minecraft community.
Memphis thrived as the regional center of religion trade and commerce during its golden age. Pyramid of pepi i. It served as the capital of ancient egypt and an important religious cult center. م ن ف manf pronounced.
At the bottom you can choose between map satellite or terrain. The city was established by menes a pharaoh of the early dynastic period and served as capital of the old egyptian of egypt. By king menes c. Memphis is located south of the nile river delta on the west bank of the river and about 15 miles 24 km south of modern cairo.
Use the and signs to zoom in or out. The egypt exploration society has been conducting an archaeological survey of the site of memphis and its surrounding area since 1981 a summary of the aims and achievements of the project appeared in archaeology international 1999 2000. Memphis was one of ancient egypt s oldest and most influential cities memphis was founded in c. 2613 2181 bce kings used memphis as egypt s capital its original name was hut ka ptah or hiku ptah.
Pyramid of djoser is situated 4 km northwest of memphis. Here s an interactive map of egypt modern egypt. According to legend as related by manetho the city was founded by the pharaoh menes. Oltau cc by 3 0.
Memphis is the ancient egyptian city that served not just as an important city but also as the capital of ancient egypt during the old kingdom. Memphis egypt memphis egypt the ancient city of memphis the survey of memphis capital of ancient egypt. Here s a map of ancient egypt with all major cities pyramids and temples. 3150 2613 bce and old kingdom c.
3150 bce who unified egypt egypt s early dynastic period c. Hut ka ptah manf manfish minf white walls memphis city and capital of ancient egypt and an important centre during much of egyptian history. μέμφις was the ancient capital of inebu hedj the first nome of lower egypt its ruins are located near the town of mit rahina 20 km 12 mi south of giza in greater cairo egypt.