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Theban Necropolis

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Type
  
Necropolis

Criteria
  
i, iii, vi

Part of
  
Thebes

Designated as world heritage site
  
1979 (3rd session)

Type
  
Cultural

Reference no.
  
87

Region
  
Upper Egypt

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Location
  
Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Official name
  
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Similar
  
Valley of the Kings, Deir el‑Bahari, Colossi of Memnon, Deir el‑Medina, Ramesseum

The Theban Necropolis 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.

Contents

Map of Theban Necropolis

Mortuary Temples

  • Deir el-Bahri
  • Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
  • Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II
  • Mortuary Temple of Thutmose III
  • Medinet Habu
  • Mortuary Temple & Palace of Ramesses III
  • Mortuary Temple of Ay & Horemheb
  • Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
  • Colossi of Memnon
  • 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 Seti I
  • 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")

    • Necropolis

  • Deir el-Medina
  • Workmen's Tombs
  • Shrine to Meretseger & Ptah
  • Tombs of the Nobles
  • el-Assasif
  • el-Khokha
  • el-Tarif
  • Dra' Abu el-Naga'
  • Qurnet Murai
  • Sheikh Abd el-Qurna

    • References

    Theban Necropolis Wikipedia
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