The middle of the second millennium BC, the city reached its maximum splendor,Īnd around 1300 BC reached its maximum extension. Of the wall and some temple have been found, of which the main one must have It is probable that the Heliopolis Solar Temple was similar to the type of Abusir solar temples, built during the V dynasty that, 2400 BC established the cult of Ra as the main cult. (Heliopolis): Its birth dates from before the year 3000 BC and during Dynasty II it was an important astronomical center. It was located south of the Nile River Delta, in the region between Lower and Upper Egypt.ģ050 BC by the first pharaoh of Egypt, Narmer.īubastis: The oldest strata date from the Old Kingdom, having references to kings of dynasty IV, as well as temples of dynasty VI (Teti and Pepi I) and a necropolis.
Memphis: It was the capital of the Ancient Kingdom of Egypt and the nome I of Lower Egypt. Tanis: The main deities worshiped in Tanis were Amun, his wife Mut, and their son Jonsu. Were paid in kind (bread, wheat, textiles, beer …). They used to work in groups of ten, led by mayor foremen wages
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Workers were free men according to documents that refer to stonemasons, mine Populations, the basis of the economy, were essentially made up of freeįarmers, ranchers and workers who received their wages in kind. Numerous cities (rural towns and urban centers) were scattered throughoutĪncient Egypt, mainly in the Nile Delta and in the Nile Valley.Ĭenters concentrated ideological culture, trade and wealth. The most important city in the Ancient Kingdom was Memphis, the capital,