Memphis is a city Egypt.
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The ruins of Memphis are 19 kilometers south of Cairo, on the west bank of the Nile. According to Herodotus, the city was founded around 3100 BC by the legendary king Menes, who united the two kingdoms of Egypt. and gave birth to Egypt; With about 30,000 inhabitants, it was the largest settlement in the world from its founding to 2250 BC and from 1557 to 1400 BC. In the Bible Memphis is called Moph or Noph.