.jpg/300px-Flickr_-_IDS.photos_-_Cairo_sculptures,_Egypt._(1).jpg) Head of the colossal statue of Ramses ’II. | ||
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The sparse remains of the imperial capital Memphis (Arabic:منف, Minf) are close to the modern village With Rahina (Arabic:ميت رهينة, Mīt Rahīna, also Mitrahīna) in Lower Egypt, 24 km south of the outskirts of Cairo and about 3 km southeast of the archaeological site of Saqqara North.
background
location
The village of Mīt Rahīna is located west of the city 1 Badra certificate south of the access road to Saqqara. North of this street is the north area with the Palace of Apries. The temple area and the museum are located in the middle of the village of Mīt Rahīna.
history
The fortress city of Memphis was founded around 3000 BC. After the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt at a geopolitically important point, its border. It served as a during the Old and Middle Kingdoms State capital. Thebes rose as the state capital in the new empire, but Memphis remained an important administrative and garrison seat and religious center.
There must have been significant evidence of this city up to the Middle Ages, but then Memphis is demolished to make stone material for the buildings Kairos to win. Nowadays, there are hardly any construction remains and only a few, but impressive, individual pieces.
getting there
In the street
It makes sense to hire a taxi to visit Memphis. One usually travels on trunk road 02 from al-Gīza in the direction of Badrashein. Shortly before this city there is at 1 29 ° 51 '44 "N.31 ° 16 ′ 42 ″ E a branch to the archaeological site of Saqqaramarked with a notice board. At 2 29 ° 51 '35 "N.31 ° 15 ′ 28 ″ E there is a branch to the south on a dirt road to the village of Mīt Rahīna.
Alternatively, you can continue on the aforementioned trunk road 02 to Badraschein. In the city there are 3 29 ° 50 ′ 50 ″ N.31 ° 16 ′ 35 ″ E a turnoff to a road that leads directly into the center of the village of Mīt Rahīna. The latter route is about 2.5 kilometers long.
With public transport
First you take a shared taxi from the bus station behind the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in the direction of the Giza pyramids ("Haram") and get off at the bus stop for the taxis to Saqqara. A minibus takes you to Badraschein and another minibus to Mīt Rahīna. If necessary, you could also walk the 2.5 kilometer stretch from Badraschein to Mīt Rahīna.
mobility
Most of the streets in Mīt Rahīna village are slopes. The archaeological sites near the museum can be reached on foot.
Tourist Attractions
museum
The Memphis Museum,متحف ممفيس, Is located in the middle of the village of Mīt Rahīna, south of the trunk road and in the east of the archaeological site.
Opening times: 8 am to 5 pm. The admission price is LE 80 and LE 40 for students (as of 11/2019).
- Highlight of the Museum sure is that 1 Colossal statue of Ramses ’II.which is housed in a separate building. The limestone statue is still 10 meters high today, originally around 13.5 meters high. There are other statues found here on the walls of this museum building.
- Outside this building there is a large open-air area with numerous individual finds. The most important monument here is certainly the 8 meter long one 2 Alabaster Sphinx from the time of Amenhotep II. Furthermore, the memorial stone of King Apries (26th dynasty) should be mentioned.
Other archaeological sites
- 3 Hathor Temple. The temple is about 350 meters west of the museum.(29 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ N.31 ° 15 ′ 7 ″ E)
- Possibly the 4 Ptah temple area
from the time of Ramses ’II with the embalming house for the Apis bulls (between Mīt Rahīna and the museum, about 440 meters northwest of the museum) and the 5 Palace of April (north of Mīt Rahīna) visit.
shop
kitchen
There is a small rest house near the museum.
accommodation
Abū Sīr does not have any accommodation options, these are usually found in Cairo elected.
trips
You can visit Memphis with the necropolis from Saqqara, Abu Sir (Abusir) and / or Dahshur connect.
literature
- : With Rahineh. Philadelphia: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1959, University Museum monograph / University Museum, University of Pennsylvania; 17 and 27. 2 volumes.
- : Egypt: architecture, sculpture, painting in three millennia. Munich: Hirmer, 1985, ISBN 978-3-7774-3900-6 , Pp. 32-35, 43 f., 48, 80, 105, 108, 119, 125, 147, 168, 171, plates 122, 240.
