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.

Luxor ancientName Waset
Thebes ancientName Waset
subject surface form: "Thebes (Egypt)"
Ta Shemau capital Waset

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