eprintid: 7
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2
dir: disk0/00/00/00/07
datestamp: 2003-03-28 08:49:00
lastmod: 2023-02-03 14:29:27
status_changed: 2007-06-27 14:02:55
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Franke, Detlef
title: Theben und Memphis - Metropolen im Alten Ägypten
title_en: Thebes and Memphis - Metropolises in Ancient Egypt
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-930
divisions: i-209
cterms_swd: Theben <Ägypten>
cterms_swd: Memphis <Ägypten>
cterms_swd: Metropole
cterms_swd: Ägypten <Altertum>
abstract_translated_text: Ancient Egypt had three capitals with a different character ("profile") in the long run of its history: Memphis, Thebes, and Heliopolis. The rise of Thebes and its god Amun in the Middle and New Kingdoms was due to the chances of the policy of an Upper Egyptian family of Pharaoh’s. Heliopolis was the city with the highest theological reputation as the replica of the residence of the sun-god Re in heaven. Only Heliopolis can be called in a more literal way a "Metropolis", "Mother of cities", because its imaginary characteristics served as an prototype for other cities. Memphis, the most ancient royal residence and capital, enjoyed enduring importance because of its geographical setting at a nodal point of international and national communication and trade routes, and its religious prestige.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2003
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/propylaeumdok.00000007
ppn_swb: 1643437690
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-propylaeumdok-71
language: ger
bibsort: FRANKEDETLTHEBENUNDM2003
full_text_status: public
themen: T930
faecher: FAE
laender: R932
oa_type: gold
citation:   Franke, Detlef  (2003) Theben und Memphis - Metropolen im Alten Ägypten.       
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/7/1/Franke-1.pdf