Waset
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Waset was the ancient Egyptian city known in Greek as Thebes, a major religious and political center along the Nile.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian city
→
archaeological site → former national capital → |
| associatedNecropolis |
Deir el-Bahri
NERFINISHED
→
Theban Necropolis →
surface form: "Deir el-Medina"
Valley of the Kings NERFINISHED → Valley of the Queens NERFINISHED → |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
→
surface form: "Ancient Egypt"
|
| declinePeriod | Late Period of Egypt → |
| flourishedDuring |
18th Dynasty of Egypt
→
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt →
surface form: "19th Dynasty of Egypt"
20th Dynasty of Egypt → |
| functionedAs | cult center of Amun → |
| hasFeature |
massive temple precincts
→
royal tombs in surrounding cliffs → |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
→
surface form: "World Heritage Site"
|
| knownAs |
Diospolis Magna
→
Niwt-Imn →
surface form: "Niwt-imn"
Thebes → |
| language | Ancient Egyptian → |
| laterControlledBy |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
NERFINISHED
→
Roman Empire → |
| locatedIn | Upper Egypt → |
| locatedOn |
Nile
→
surface form: "Nile River"
|
| mainDeity |
Amun
NERFINISHED
→
Khonsu NERFINISHED → Mut → |
| modernSite |
Karnak
NERFINISHED
→
Luxor NERFINISHED → Luxor Governorate → |
| notableRulerAssociated |
Ahmose I
→
Amenhotep III NERFINISHED → Hatshepsut → Ramesses II NERFINISHED → Thutmose III NERFINISHED → Tutankhamun → |
| partOf |
Pharaonic Egypt
→
surface form: "Ancient Egyptian civilization"
|
| politicalRole | major political center of Ancient Egypt → |
| region | Theban nome → |
| religiousRole | major religious center of Ancient Egypt → |
| servedAs |
capital of Egypt
→
capital of Upper Egypt → |
| templeComplex |
Karnak Temple Complex
NERFINISHED
→
Luxor Temple NERFINISHED → |
| timePeriod |
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
NERFINISHED
→
New Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED → |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis → |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1979 → |
| writingSystem | Egyptian hieroglyphs → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Thebes (Egypt)"