Waset

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ancient Egyptian city archaeological site former national capital

Waset was the ancient Egyptian city known in Greek as Thebes, a major religious and political center along the Nile.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Waset canonical 8
Ombos 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
former national capital ⓘ
associatedNecropolis Deir el-Bahri ⓘ
Theban Necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Deir el-Medina

Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Valley of the Queens ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedOn Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
mainDeity Amun ⓘ
Khonsu ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
modernSite Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
surface form: Karnak

Luxor ⓘ
Luxor Governorate ⓘ
notableRulerAssociated Ahmose I ⓘ
Amenhotep III ⓘ
Hatshepsut ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
Thutmose III ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Luxor Temple ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
writingSystem Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Luxor → ancientName → Waset ⓘ
Upper Egypt → historicalCapital → Waset ⓘ
Thebes → ancientName → Waset ⓘ
subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)
Ta Shemau → capital → Waset ⓘ
Ta-Shema → hasCapital → Waset ⓘ
Opet Festival → associatedWithCity → Waset ⓘ
Thebai → hasEgyptianName → Waset ⓘ
Thebae → EgyptianName → Waset ⓘ
Setekh → hasCultCenter → Waset ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ombos
Setesh → hasMajorCultCenter → Waset ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ombos
Seth → worshipCenter → Waset ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ombos
Sutekh → worshipCenter → Waset ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ombos