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Theban Necropolis

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Also known as Necropolis of Thebes

area in Egypt, west of the Nile near Thebes

Key facts

Location
Luxor , Luxor Governorate , Egypt
Region
Upper Egypt
Type
Necropolis
Part of
Thebes
Official name
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Criteria
i, iii, vi
Designated
1979 (3rd session )

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Part of
Thebes
Country
Egypt
Elevation
227
Location
Thebes
Image
SFEC AEH -ThebesNecropolis-2010-FULL-Overview-039.jpg
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Commons category
Theban Necropolis
topic's main category
Category:Theban Necropolis
start time
1550-00-00
end time
1070-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Mortuary temples

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Theban Necropolis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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