Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur' has mentioned 'Ruins' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| [3] Its ruins are located near the modern town of Mit Rahina, 20xc2xa0km (12xc2xa0mi) south of Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt. | WIKI |
| It was still an imposing set of ruins in the twelfth century, but soon became little more than an expanse of low ruins and scattered stone. | WIKI |
| Examples include the two stone giants that have been recovered amidst the temple ruins, which were later restored under the name of Rameses II. | WIKI |
| In the thirteenth century, the Arab chronicler Abd-ul-Latif, upon visiting the site, described and gave testimony to the grandeur of the ruins. | WIKI |
| Enormous as are the extent and antiquity of this city, in spite of the frequent change of governments whose yoke it has borne, and the great pains more than one nation has been at to destroy it, to sweep its last trace from the face of the earth, to carry away the stones and materials of which it was constructed, to mutilate the statues which adorned it; in spite, finally, of all that more than four thousand years have done in addition to man, these ruins still offer to the eye of the beholder a mass of marvels which bewilder the senses and which the most skillful pens must fail to describe. | WIKI |
| The more deeply we contemplate this city the more our admiration rises, and every fresh glance at the ruins is a fresh source of delight ... | WIKI |
| Archaeological work undertaken in the last century has gradually unearthed the temple's ruins, revealing a huge walled compound accessible by several monumental gates located along the southern, western, and eastern walls. | WIKI |
| Its ruins were discovered in 1942 by archaeologist Ahmed Badawy and were excavated in 1955 by Rudolf Anthes. | WIKI |
| Its ruins are not so well preserved as others nearby, as its limestone foundations appear to have been quarried after the abandonment of the city in late antiquity. | WIKI |
| Gradually buried by the activity of the city, the stratigraphic study of the site shows that by the Late Period it was already in ruins and is soon covered by new buildings. | WIKI |
| From its proportions, it does not seem to be a major shrine of the goddess, but is currently the only building dedicated to her discovered in the city's ruins. | WIKI |
| It was not until the conquest of the country by the Arabs that a description of the city reappears, by which time it was in ruins. | WIKI |
| In 1652 during his trip to Egypt, Jean de Thxc3xa9venot identified the location of the site and its ruins, confirming the accounts of the old Arab authors for Europeans. | WIKI |
| [61] Karl Richard Lepsius, during the Prussian expedition of 1842, made a quick survey of the ruins and created a first detailed map that would serve as the basis for all future explorations and excavations. | WIKI |
| The major excavations of the British Egyptologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, conducted from 1907 to 1912, uncovered the majority of the ruins as seen today. | WIKI |
| Being the seat of royal power for over eight dynasties, the city also contained palaces and ruins survive of the palace of Apries overlooking the city. | UNESCO |