City of Amun

E738495

ancient city archaeological site religious center

The City of Amun is an ancient Egyptian urban center closely associated with the worship of the god Amun, likely referring to the great religious capital of Thebes (modern Luxor).

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
City of Amun canonical	1
House of Amun	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ religious center ⓘ
ancientName	City of Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ Niwt-Imn NERFINISHED ⓘ Waset NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ Amun-Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRuler	Akhenaten (before Amarna period) NERFINISHED ⓘ Amenhotep III NERFINISHED ⓘ Hatshepsut NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramesses II NERFINISHED ⓘ Thutmose III NERFINISHED ⓘ Tutankhamun NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalDuring	Middle Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
civilization	Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
flourishedDuring	18th Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ 19th Dynasty ⓘ 20th Dynasty ⓘ
greekName	Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Avenue of Sphinxes NERFINISHED ⓘ East Bank of Luxor NERFINISHED ⓘ Karnak Temple Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Luxor Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Precinct of Amun-Re NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Amun at Karnak NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locatedIn	Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Luxor ⓘ
locatedOn	Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCultCenterOf	Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernName	Luxor NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	massive pylons and obelisks ⓘ processional festivals of Amun ⓘ
notableFestival	Beautiful Feast of the Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Opet Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
oppositeBankHasPart	Theban Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of the Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of the Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	cult center of Amun ⓘ state ritual center ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
scriptUsed	hieratic ⓘ hieroglyphic ⓘ
servedAs	political capital of Egypt ⓘ religious capital of Egypt ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf	Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusSince	1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Niwt-Imn → meaningOfName → City of Amun ⓘ

Per-Amun → nameMeaning → City of Amun ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Amun