Thebes

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ancient city archaeological site

Thebes was an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile that served as a major religious and political center, renowned for its grand temples at Karnak and Luxor and the nearby Valley of the Kings.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Thebes canonical 125
Thebes, Egypt 4
Thebes (ancient city) 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName Niwt-Imn ⓘ
Waset ⓘ
associatedWithPharaoh Amenhotep III ⓘ
Hatshepsut ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
surface form: Ramses II

Thutmose III ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
capitalDuring 11th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
19th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
20th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
declineBegan Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt
flourishedDuring Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
greekName Thebai ⓘ
hasFeature hypostyle halls ⓘ
pylons and obelisks ⓘ
hasModernSuccessor Luxor ⓘ
hasNecropolis Theban Necropolis ⓘ
hasTempleComplex Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor Temple ⓘ
knownFor monumental temples ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
royal tombs ⓘ
latinName Thebae ⓘ
linkedBy Luxor Temple ⓘ
surface form: Avenue of Sphinxes between Karnak and Luxor
locatedIn Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedOn Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
locatedOnBank east bank of the Nile ⓘ
west bank of the Nile ⓘ
majorDeity Amun ⓘ
Khonsu ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
nearbySite Deir el-Bahri ⓘ
Medinet Habu ⓘ
Ramesseum ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Valley of the Queens ⓘ
notableFestival Opet Festival ⓘ
partOf Upper Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Theban region
recognizedAs center of the cult of Amun ⓘ
region Thebaid ⓘ
servedAs capital of Egypt ⓘ
religious center of ancient Egypt ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ

Referenced by (141)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → hasMajorCity → Thebes ⓘ
Classical Athens → rival → Thebes ⓘ
Luxor → formerName → Thebes ⓘ
Luxor → ancientName → Thebes ⓘ
Upper Egypt → historicalCapital → Thebes ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt → capital → Thebes ⓘ
Egyptians → ancientCapital → Thebes ⓘ
Sekhmet → worshipCenter → Thebes ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt → capital → Thebes ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt → hasCapital → Thebes ⓘ
First Intermediate Period of Egypt → capital → Thebes ⓘ
Thutmose IV → capital → Thebes ⓘ
Thebes → hasAlternativeName → Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thēbai
Hathor → worshipPlace → Thebes ⓘ
Crates of Thebes → associatedWith → Thebes ⓘ
Amun → majorCultCenter → Thebes ⓘ
Thutmose III → capital → Thebes ⓘ
Amenhotep II → birthPlace → Thebes ⓘ
Amenhotep II → capital → Thebes ⓘ
Valley of the Kings → partOf → Thebes ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis) → partOf → Thebes ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
this entity surface form: ancient city of Thebes
Karnak Temple Complex → locatedIn → Thebes ⓘ
West Bank necropolis → associatedWith → Thebes ⓘ
Ta Shemau → capitalEnglishName → Thebes ⓘ
Ta Shemau → religiousCenter → Thebes ⓘ
Ta Shemau → majorCity → Thebes ⓘ
Waset → knownAs → Thebes ⓘ
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → locatedIn → Thebes ⓘ
Luxor Temple → partOf → Thebes ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Thebes
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt → associatedWith → Thebes ⓘ
Akhenaten → movedCapitalFrom → Thebes ⓘ
Anubis → worshipCenter → Thebes ⓘ
Hatshepsut → birthPlace → Thebes ⓘ
Hatshepsut → capitalDuringReign → Thebes ⓘ
Thebaid → centeredOn → Thebes ⓘ
Thebaid → hasCapital → Thebes ⓘ
Thebaid → majorCity → Thebes ⓘ
Tutankhamun → deathPlace → Thebes ⓘ
Tutankhamun → capitalDuringReign → Thebes ⓘ
Tutankhamun → movedCourtTo → Thebes ⓘ
Medinet Habu → locatedIn → Thebes ⓘ
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt → capital → Thebes ⓘ
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Thebes ⓘ
Obelisk of Luxor → originatesFrom → Thebes ⓘ
Enyo → worshippedIn → Thebes ⓘ
Ta-Shema → hasCapital → Thebes ⓘ
Ta-Shema → contains → Thebes ⓘ
Maat → cultCenter → Thebes ⓘ
Lateran Obelisk → originalLocation → Thebes ⓘ
Festival of Drunkenness → celebratedAt → Thebes ⓘ