Questions and Answers about
Ancient Egypt
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in PlacesThe city of Memphis, Tennessee, is named after which country’s Memphis?
Answer: Memphis, Egypt, was the ancient capital of the Lower Egypt district of mḥw (“north”). Its ruins – 20 km (12 mi) south of Giza (just outside Cairo) – include the Saqqara site, which contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for ancient Memphis._x000D_