What are we Talking about when we Talk about Memphis?

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Abstract

The different uses of the term Memphis, the difficulty in determining its exact location, its extension, its permanence in time as an influential metropolis, and the reasons for its “disappearance” are the main questions addressed in this work.

Los problemas que trata este artículo son los diferentes usos del término Menfis, la dificultad en determinar su ubicación exacta, su extensión, su permanencia en el tiempo como una metrópolis influyente y las razones para su “desaparición”.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)59-66
Number of pages8
JournalTrabajos de Egiptología
Volume7
Issue number2016
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • Memphis
  • religious centre
  • capital
  • royal necropolis
  • nome

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