Memphis was an important city in ancient Egypt for both political and religious reasons. According to later tradition, Memphis was founded around 2900 bce by Menes. It served as the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, as well as in some later periods. Memphis’s significance is also attributed to its religious role: it was the location of the temple of the god Ptah from early on and certain coronation ceremonies and the Heb-Sed festival, a jubilee celebrated by the king after 30 years of rule and repeated every three years thereafter, were enacted there into later periods.
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