west bank of the Nile

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cultural landscape geographical region

The west bank of the Nile is the historically significant side of the river in Egypt traditionally associated with temples, tombs, and necropolises of the ancient civilization.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
West Bank of the Nile 9
west bank of the Nile canonical 6
West Bank of the Nile in Cairo 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance rich concentration of tombs and temples ⓘ
associatedWith Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt

burial practices ⓘ
funerary architecture ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
connectedTo east bank of the Nile by bridges and ferries near Luxor ⓘ
contains Colossi of Memnon ⓘ
Deir el-Bahri ⓘ
surface form: Deir el-Bahari

Theban Necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Deir el-Medina

Medinet Habu ⓘ
Ramesseum ⓘ
Theban Necropolis ⓘ
Tombs of the Nobles ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Valley of the Queens ⓘ
mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ
mortuary temple of Ramesses III ⓘ
Temple of Seti I ⓘ
surface form: mortuary temple of Seti I

various workers’ villages such as Deir el-Medina ⓘ
contrastedWith east bank of the Nile ⓘ
hasLandscape desert escarpments ⓘ
limestone cliffs ⓘ
heritageStatus contains multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites ⓘ
influencedBy annual Nile flood (historically) ⓘ
knownFor necropolises ⓘ
temples ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Nile ⓘ
near Luxor ⓘ
partOf Upper Egypt ⓘ
religiousSignificance associated with Osiris ⓘ
associated with afterlife journey ⓘ
symbolism land of the dead in ancient Egyptian belief ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom

Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Old Kingdom
tourism major archaeological tourism destination ⓘ
traditionalRole location of necropolises ⓘ
realm of the dead ⓘ
usedFor elite burials ⓘ
mortuary temples ⓘ
royal burials ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Temple of Amada → originallyLocatedOn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
Abu Sir necropolis → locatedOn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
Medinet Habu → locatedIn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile
Gerf Hussein → locatedOn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
Ramesseum → locatedOn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
New Wadi es-Sebua site → locatedOn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
Sohag Governorate → hasRiverBank → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile
White Walls → isLocatedNear → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West bank of the Nile
El Gezira → partOf → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile in Cairo
Deir el-Bahri → locatedIn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile
Theban Necropolis → locatedIn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile
Zamalek → partOf → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile in Cairo
Gharb Sohail → locatedOn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
mortuary temple of Ramesses III → locatedOn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
subject surface form: Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile
Bibān el-Mulūk → locatedIn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile
Tomb of Queen Titi → locatedOn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile
KV14 → locatedIn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile
KV57 → locatedIn → west bank of the Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Bank of the Nile