UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis)

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UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis) is an archaeological and cultural complex in modern-day Luxor, Egypt, encompassing the monumental remains of the ancient city of Thebes, including temples, tombs, and vast necropolises on both banks of the Nile.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
archaeological site
cultural heritage site
associatedWithDeity Amun
Khonsu
Mut
contains private tombs
processional avenues
royal mortuary temples
country Egypt
dateOfInscription 1979
governingBody Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
hasOfficialName Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
hasPart Colossi of Memnon
Deir el-Bahri
surface form: Deir el-Bahari

Luxor Temple
Medinet Habu
Ramesseum
Karnak Temple Complex
surface form: Temple of Karnak

Temple of Seti I
surface form: Temple of Seti I (Qurna)

Tombs of the Nobles
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Queens
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicalCapitalOf New Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: New Kingdom Egypt
inscribedBy UNESCO
knownFor ancient Egyptian art and architecture
extensive necropolises
monumental temples
royal tombs
locatedIn Luxor
Upper Egypt
locatedInTimeZone UTC+2
locatedOn Nile
surface form: Nile River

east bank of the Nile
west bank of the Nile
partOf Thebes
surface form: ancient city of Thebes
periodOfSignificance Middle Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: New Kingdom
significance major religious center of ancient Egypt
political capital of ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i)
(iii)
(iv)
(vi)
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Arab world
surface form: Arab States
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 87
UNESCOWorldHeritageType cultural

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Luxor heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis)