Memphis
Memphis is the English name for the present-day site of one of the great ancient capital cities of Egypt. Although very little remains to be seen on the surface, Memphis features a great sculpture museum, in the Mit Rahina village some 24 km south of the modern Egyptian capital of Cairo.Localities in the Area
Saqqara
Saqqara is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo and…
Badrashin
Village
Badrashin is a city, and capital of the eponymous markaz, in Giza Governorate, Egypt.
Al-Hawamidyah
Town
29°53′52″N 31°15′51″E / 29.89778°N 31.26417°E El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Al-Hawamidyah is situated 4½ km north of Memphis.
Memphis
- Type: Protected area
- Description: ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, Egypt
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site and historic site
- Location: Giza Governorate, Lower Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.8545° or 29° 51' 16" northLongitude
31.2574° or 31° 15' 27" eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open Location Code
7GXHV734+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 653703867OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=archaeological_siteGeoNames ID
352547Wikidata ID
Q5715Memphis Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Memphis
- Arabic: Memphis, Ehipto
- Arabic: ممفس
- Arabic: ممفيس المصرية
- Arabic: منف
- Armenian: Մեմփիս
- Asturian: Memphis
- Asturian: Menfis
- Azerbaijani: Memfis
- Basque: Menfis
- Belarusian: Горад Мемфіс
- Belarusian: Мемфіс
- Belarusian: Мэмфіс (Эгіпет)
- Belarusian: Мэмфіс
- Bengali: মেমফিস, মিশর
- Bengali: মেমফিস
- Breton: Menfis
- Bulgarian: Мемфис
- Catalan: Memfis
- Cebuano: Memphis
- Chinese: 卜塔灵魂的所在
- Chinese: 孟斐斯
- Chinese: 孟菲斯
- Chinese: 孟非斯
- Chinese: 普塔神灵之家
- Church Slavic: Мємфь
- Croatian: Memfis
- Czech: Memfis
- Czech: Mennofer
- Danish: Memphis
- Dutch: Memphis
- Egyptian Arabic: ممفيس
- English: Hekaptah
- English: Hut-ka-Ptah
- English: Man
- English: Memphis, Egypt
- Esperanto: Memfiso
- Finnish: Memfis
- French: Memphis
- Galician: Menfis
- Georgian: მემფისი
- German: Memphis
- Greek: Ανκ Ταουΐ
- Greek: Μέμφις
- Hausa: Memphis, Egypt
- Hebrew: ממפיס
- Hindi: मेम्फ़ीस
- Hungarian: Memphisz
- Icelandic: Memfis
- Igbo: Memphis
- Indonesian: Memphis, Mesir
- Irish: Meimfís
- Italian: Menfi
- Japanese: メンフィス
- Javanese: Memphis, Mesir
- Kannada: ಮೆಂಫಿಸ್
- Korean: 멤피스
- Kurdish: Mêmfis
- Latin: Memphis
- Latvian: Memfisa
- Lithuanian: Memfis
- Macedonian: Мемфис (Египет)
- Malagasy: Memfisy
- Malay: Memphis, Mesir
- Malay: Memphis
- Malayalam: മെംഫിസ്
- Maltese: Memphis
- Marathi: मेंफिस, इजिप्त
- Marathi: मेंफिस
- Marathi: मेम्फिस
- Norwegian: Memfis
- Norwegian Bokmål: Memfis
- Occitan (post 1500): Menfis
- Panjabi: ਮਨਫ਼
- Persian: ممفیس
- Persian: منف
- Polish: Memfis
- Portuguese: Mênfis
- Romanian: Memfis
- Romanian: Memphis, Egipt
- Romanian: Memphis
- Russian: Мемфис
- Scots: Memphis, Egyp
- Scots: Memphis
- Serbian: Инеб Хеџ
- Serbian: Мемфис (Египат)
- Serbian: Мемфис
- Serbian: Менефер
- Serbo-Croatian: Memfis
- Slovak: Memfis
- Slovak: Mennofer
- Slovenian: Memfis, Egipt
- Slovenian: Memfis
- Spanish: Menfis
- Swahili: Memphis, Misri
- Swedish: Memfis
- Tagalog: Memphis, Ehipto
- Tamil: மெம்பிசு, எகிப்து
- Tamil: மெம்பிசு
- Thai: เมมฟิส
- Turkish: Memfis
- Turkish: Memphis, Mısır
- Uighur: مېمفىس
- Ukrainian: Мемфіс
- Urdu: ممفس، مصر
- Urdu: منف
- Uzbek: Memfis
- Vietnamese: Memphis
- Vietnamese: Mạnh Phỉ Ti
- Vietnamese: Mạnh Phỉ Tư
- Waray (Philippines): Memphis
- Welsh: Memphis
- Western Armenian: Մեմփիս
- Wu Chinese: 孟菲斯 (埃及)
- Yue Chinese: 孟非斯 (埃及)
- Zulu: Memphis, Gibhithe
- Mit-Rahineh
- Mit Rahina
- 孟菲斯（埃及）
Other Places Named Memphis
Localities in the Area
- Mit RahinahVillage
- Mit Rahina VillageNeighbourhood
- West Market HousingNeighbourhood
- Al Badrashin CityNeighbourhood
- Al AziziaNeighbourhood
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