Egyptian PantheonCity
Memphis
The ancient capital of Egypt, cult center of Ptah the creator god, and gateway between Upper and Lower Egypt.
About Memphis
Ptah's white wall
Memphis (Ineb-Hedj, White Walls) is Ptah's city and Egypt's early capital at the junction of the Two Lands. The Memphite Theology on the Shabaka Stone makes Ptah create by heart and tongue, a rival account to Heliopolis. Apis, the living bull, was housed here. Mythic narrative uses Memphis as a royal and artisan center more than as a quest setting. The archaeology is largely gone under fields and the modern village of Mit Rahina.
On the map
Memphis among other places of the Egyptian Pantheon.
Sources and further reading
Source notes
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- Memphite Theology (Shabaka Stone)
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By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. About the author. Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.
Coordinates mark where the myths place a site, or where the tradition locates it today. Mythic realms are left off the map or marked as symbolic placements.
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