Thebes

E39651

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Thebes (Egypt)	0
Thēbai	1
ancient city of Thebes	1

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 (28)

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

Egyptians → ancientCapital → Thebes ⓘ

Luxor → ancientName → Thebes ⓘ

Crates of Thebes → associatedWith → Thebes ⓘ

West Bank necropolis → associatedWith → Thebes ⓘ

Amenhotep II → birthPlace → Thebes ⓘ

Amenhotep II → capital → Thebes ⓘ

First Intermediate Period of Egypt → capital → Thebes ⓘ

Middle Kingdom of Egypt → capital → Thebes ⓘ

Pharaonic Egypt → capital → Thebes ⓘ

Thutmose III → capital → Thebes ⓘ

Thutmose IV → capital → Thebes ⓘ

Ta Shemau → capitalEnglishName → Thebes ⓘ

Luxor → formerName → Thebes ⓘ

Thebes → hasAlternativeName → Thebes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thēbai

New Kingdom of Egypt → hasCapital → Thebes ⓘ

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → hasMajorCity → Thebes ⓘ

Upper Egypt → historicalCapital → Thebes ⓘ

Waset → knownAs → Thebes ⓘ

Karnak Temple Complex → locatedIn → Thebes ⓘ

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → locatedIn → Thebes ⓘ

Ta Shemau → majorCity → Thebes ⓘ

Amun → majorCultCenter → 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

Valley of the Kings → partOf → Thebes ⓘ

Ta Shemau → religiousCenter → Thebes ⓘ

Classical Athens → rival → Thebes ⓘ

Sekhmet → worshipCenter → Thebes ⓘ

Hathor → worshipPlace → Thebes ⓘ