Mit Rahinah

The establishment of the city of Memphis belongs to King Mina, the founder of the first family. It was initially called the city of the “White Wall”. Then, during the reign of King Pepe the first of the Sixth Dynasty “Minfar”, which the Greeks diverted to “Memphis”, the Arabs called “Memphis”. The ruins of Memphis are located at the village of Mit Rahina, in the center of Badrashin, about 25 kilometers from the city of Giza, and there is only a huge statue of Ramesses the Second standing on his back, and a Marmari statue in the shape of the Sphinx, and a marble bed to embalm the sacred calves, and a shrine. Small for the first city, stone blocks, and pillar foundations are all the remains of the great Ptah’s temples Throughout the ages, the necropolis of Memphis, known as Saqqara to its west, is full of tombs and pyramids.‎‎‎‎‎‎