Thebaid
Sign in to saveAlso known as Thebais, Thebaïde
thumb|right|300px|Map of the late Roman Diocese of Egypt (Late Antiquity)|Diocese of Egypt, with Thebais in the south. The Thebaid or Thebais (, Thēbaïs) was a region in ancient Egypt, comprising the 13 southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan.
Key facts
- Former Subdivision.common_name
- Thebaid
- Former Subdivision.era
- Late Antiquity
- Former Subdivision.subdivision
- Province
- Former Subdivision.nation
- the Byzantine Empire, Diocese of Egypt
- Former Subdivision.year_start
- c. 293
- Former Subdivision.year_end
- 641
- Former Subdivision.capital
- Ptolemais
- Former Subdivision.event_start
- Division by emperor Diocletian
- Former Subdivision.event1
- Persian occupation
- Former Subdivision.date_event1
- 612–628
- Former Subdivision.event_end
- Conquest by Arabs
- Former Subdivision.today
- Egypt
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Pharaonic history
- Roman province(s)
- Episcopal sees
- Cultural references
- See also
- References
- Sources and external links
thumb|right|300px|Map of the late Roman Diocese of Egypt (Late Antiquity)|Diocese of Egypt, with Thebais in the south. The Thebaid or Thebais (, Thēbaïs) was a region in ancient Egypt, comprising the 13 southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan.
== Pharaonic history == thumb|Pyramidion of Nebamun. Possibly top of a stela. Limestone. 19th Dynasty. From Egypt. Bought in the Thebaid (Thebais) but probably it came from Deir el-Medina. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London The Thebaid acquired its name from its proximity to the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes (Luxor). During the Ancient Egyptian dynasties this region was dominated by Thebes and its priesthood at the temple of Amun at Karnak.
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