Theban Necropolis
Area in Egypt, west of the Nile near Thebes
25°44′N 32°36′E / 25.733°N 32.600°E / 25.733; 32.600 UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Theban Necropolis (Arabic: مدينة طيبة الجنائزية, romanized: Madīnat Ṭaybah al-Janāʼizīyah) is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (Luxor) in Upper Egypt. It was used for ritual burials for much of the Pharaonic period, especially during the New Kingdom.[1]
Mortuary temples
- Deir el-Bahri
- Medinet Habu
- Mortuary temple and palace of Ramesses III
- Mortuary Temple of Ay & Horemheb
- Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
- Mortuary Temple of Merneptah
- Mortuary Temple of Ramesses IV
- Mortuary Temple of Thutmose IV
- Mortuary Temple of Thutmose III
- Mortuary Temple of Twosret
- Temple of Nebwenenef
- Qurna
- Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep II
- Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II)
Royal Necropolis
- Valley of the Kings (Modern: "Wadi el-Muluk")
- Valley of the Queens (Modern: "Biban el-Harim")
- Royal Cache
- Bab el-Gasus
Necropolis
- Deir el-Medina
- Workmen's Tombs
- Shrine to Meretseger & Ptah
- Tombs of the Nobles
See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for West Bank - Luxor.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Theban Necropolis.
References
- ^ Foster, Karen Polinger; Manniche, Lise (1991). "Lost Tombs: A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis". The Classical World. 84 (3): 246. doi:10.2307/4350785. ISSN 0009-8418.
External links
- Theban Mapping Project
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