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Thebes (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 25 42 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 25.7000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 032 41 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.6830 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was an ancient city of Upper Egypt, site of the royal residence and center of worship of Amon. It reached its apex in the New Kingdom (ca. 1580-1080 BCE), when it was a storehouse for the wealth of defeated nations. Thebes spanned the Nile River about 400 miles south of modern Cairo. The east bank is the site of modern Luxor and El Karnak, and was formerly the city of the living, with great temples and residences. On the west bank was the city of the dead, containing the valleys of the royal tombs, royal mortuary temples, and the houses of priests and workers devoted to the dead. The Egyptians called the city Wase, and later Nowe. The ancient Greeks called it Thebes, probably because it reminded them of their own Thebes, with its large gates. It was destroyed by the Romans in 29 BCE. Today the area is an archaeological site. Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. |
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| Thebes (preferred,C,O,S,English-P,U,N)
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| Tebe (C,O)
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| طيبة (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Tībah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Thèbes (C,O)
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| Thebae (C,V)
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............ | Roman |
| Thebae Aegypti (C,V)
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| Thēvai (C,V)
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| Thēbai (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Θῆβαι (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Thiva (C,V)
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| Theben (C,V,German,U,N)
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| Thebai (C,V)
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| Thívai (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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| Theban (C,V,English,U,A)
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| Diospolis (H,V)
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| Diospolis Magna (H,V)
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............ | ancient name |
| No (H,V)
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............ | Biblical |
| Nowe (H,V)
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............ | used from 22nd century BCE |
| Nuwe (H,V)
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| Wase (H,V)
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............ | ancient Egyptian name |
| Woʻse (H,V)
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| Waset (H,V)
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| Θῆβαι ἑκατόμπυλοι (H,V)
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Qinā (governorate) (P) |
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Thebes (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Egypt (former nation/state/empire) (P) |
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Thebes (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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important site by 3rd mill. BCE; destroyed by Romans 29 BCE; few villages remained by 20 BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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site of many remains, including Tutankhamen's tomb |
| ancient site (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 1979 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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New Kingdom .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt, ancient, Pharonic Egypt) [7029635] |
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Thebes .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Greece, Region of Central Greece, Voíótía regional division) [7029383] |
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Greek and Egyptian cities had same nwme, temples to Amun, and loose association since ancient times, as mentioned in the Iliad |
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