Thebes, Egypt
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- For the Greek city of Boeotia, see Thebes, Greece.
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis* | |
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UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
State Party | |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | i, iii, vi |
Reference | 87 |
Region† | Arab States |
Inscription History | |
Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
Thebes (Θῆβαι, Thēbai) was a city in Ancient Egypt about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile ( ). It was the capital of Waset, the fourth Upper Egyptian nome.
[change] Sources
- Gauthier, Henri. 1925–1931. Dictionnaire des noms géographiques contenus dans les textes hiéroglyphiques. Vol. 3 of 7 vols. Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire. (Reprinted Osnabrück: Otto Zeller Verlag, 1975). 75, 76.
- Polz, Daniel C. 2001. "Thebes". In The Oxford Encyclopedia of ancient Egypt, edited by Donald Bruce Redford. Vol. 3 of 3 vols. Oxford, New York, and Cairo: Oxford University Press and The American University in Cairo Press. 384–388.
- Redford, Donald Bruce. 1992. "Thebes". In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, edited by David Noel Freedman. Vol. 6 of 6 vols. New York: Doubleday. 442–443. ISBN 0-385-42583-X (6-volume set)
- Strudwick, Nigel C., & Strudwick, Helen, Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor. London: British Museum Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8014-3693-1 (hardcover)/ISBN 0-8014-8616-5 (paperback)
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Came after: Herakleopolis |
Capital of Egypt 2060 BC - 1785 BC |
Came before: Avaris |
Came after: Avaris |
Capital of Egypt 1580 BC - c. 1353 BC |
Came before: Akhetaten |
Came after: Akhetaten |
Capital of Egypt c. 1332 BC - 1085 BC |
Came before: Tanis |