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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis | 48 | 0 |
Statements (48)
| 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 → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.