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Key Details
Type
CityMythology
Egyptian Pantheon
Coordinates
29.844°N, 31.254°E
About This Location
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.
Primary Sources
“Ptah, who made all and created the gods. He is Ta-tenen, who gave birth to the gods, from whom all things came forth.”
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