Thebes
Thebes, known to the ancient Egyptians as Waset, was an ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile about 800 kilometers south of the Mediterranean. Its ruins lie within the modern Egyptian city of Luxor.Notable Places in the Area
Temple of Akhmenu
25°43′07″N 32°39′27″E / 25.71874°N 32.6574°E Columns of the Festival HallThe Festival Hall of Thutmose III is an ancient shrine in Luxor, Egypt. Temple of Akhmenu is situated 3 km northwest of Thebes.Botanical garden of Thutmosis III
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The Botanical garden of Thutmose III is found in the temple of Amun-Re, and was constructed during the New Kingdom by Thutmose III. Botanical garden of Thutmosis III is situated 3 km northwest of Thebes.
Avenue of Sphinxes
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Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road is a 2.7 km long avenue… Avenue of Sphinxes is situated 3½ km west of Thebes.
Localities in the Area
East Bank
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The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
Luxor
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Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt, which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes.
El-Assasif
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El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. El-Assasif is situated 8 km northwest of Thebes.
Thebes
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient Egyptian city
- Categories: ancient city, emporia, group of structures or buildings, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Luxor Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.7° or 25° 42' northLongitude
32.68333° or 32° 41' eastElevation
79 metres (259 feet)Open Location Code
7GQJPM2M+28GeoNames ID
347342Wikidata ID
Q101583Thebes Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Thebe, Egipte
- Afrikaans: Thebe
- Albanian: Teba
- Amharic: ጤቤስ
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Diospolis
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Thēbai
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Διοσπολις
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Θηβαι
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Θῆβαι
- Arabic: Thebes, Ehipto
- Arabic: طيبة
- Arabic: طيبه
- Armenian: Թեբե
- Asturian: Tebes
- Azerbaijani: Teben
- Basque: Tebas
- Belarusian: Горад Фівы
- Belarusian: Тэбы
- Belarusian: Фівы (Егіпет)
- Belarusian: Фівы
- Bosnian: Teba
- Breton: Teba
- Breton: Tebas
- Bulgarian: Тива
- Burmese: သီးဘီးစ်မြို့ ၊ အီဂျစ်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Tebes
- Catalan: Waset
- Cebuano: Thebes
- Chinese: 底比斯
- Chinese: 拉美西乌姆
- Croatian: Teba
- Czech: Théby
- Czech: Vaset
- Czech: Veset
- Czech: Véset
- Danish: Theben
- Dutch: Thebais
- Dutch: Thebaïs
- Dutch: Thebe
- Egyptian (Ancient): Waset
- Egyptian (Ancient): niwt-imn
- Egyptian (Ancient): niwt-rst
- Egyptian (Ancient): niwt
- Egyptian Arabic: طيبة
- Egyptian Arabic: طيبه
- English: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
- English: Thebes, Egypt
- English: Thēbai
- English: Waset
- Esperanto: Tebo
- Esperanto: Teboj
- Esperanto: Veseto
- Estonian: Sajaväravane Teeba
- Estonian: Teeba
- Finnish: Teeba
- Finnish: Teebe
- Finnish: Theba
- French: Ouaset
- French: Thebes
- French: Thèbes
- French: Thèbes antique et sa nécropole
- French: Thèbes d'Égypte
- French: Waset
- Galician: Tebas, Exipto
- Galician: Tebas
- Galician: Thēbai
- Galician: Waset
- Georgian: თებე
- German: Antikes Theben mit seiner Nekropole
- German: Pe-Amun
- German: T'Ape
- German: Thebae
- German: Theben
- German: Uaset
- German: Weset
- German: Wêset
- Greek: Θήβαι
- Greek: Θήβαι Αιγύπτου
- Greek: Θήβες
- Hausa: Thebes, Egypt
- Hebrew: nōˀ ˀāmôn
- Hebrew: נא אמון
- Hebrew: תבאי
- Hindi: प्राचीन थेब्स
- Hungarian: Théba
- Icelandic: Þeba
- Indonesian: Thebes
- Irish: An Téibh
- Italian: Diospolis Magna
- Italian: Tebe
- Italian: Tebe d'Egitto
- Japanese: テーベ
- Japanese: 古代都市テーベとその墓地遺跡
- Kazakh: Fïvı
- Kazakh: Фивы
- Kazakh: فىيۆى
- Korean: 테베
- Kurdish: Têbes
- Latin: Diospolis Magna
- Latin: Thebae
- Latvian: Tēbas
- Lithuanian: Tėbai
- Lithuanian: Vaset
- Low German: Pe-Amun
- Low German: Theben
- Low German: Uaset
- Low German: Weset
- Macedonian: Теба
- Maithili: थेबेस, इजिप्ट
- Malagasy: Tebay (Ejipta)
- Malagasy: Tebay
- Malay: Thebes, Mesir
- Malay: Thebes
- Malayalam: തീബ്സ്
- Maltese: Tebe (Eġittu)
- Maltese: Tebe
- Nepali: थेबेस, इजिप्ट
- Nepali: थेबेस
- Norwegian: Teben
- Norwegian: Theben
- Norwegian Bokmål: Theben
- Occitan (post 1500): Oaset
- Occitan (post 1500): Tebas
- Occitan (post 1500): Tèbas
- Persian: تبای
- Persian: تبس
- Persian: شهر تب
- Polish: Teby
- Portuguese: Nô-Amom
- Portuguese: Tebas
- Romanian: Teba, Egipt
- Romanian: Teba
- Romanian: Theba
- Russian: Васет
- Russian: Некрополь Фив
- Russian: Уасет
- Russian: Фивы, Египет | Но | Но-Амон
- Russian: Фивы, город в Египте
- Russian: Фивы
- Russian: Фивы Египетские
- Serbian: Teba
- Serbian: Теба
- Serbo-Croatian: Teba
- Slovak: Téby
- Slovak: Vaset
- Slovak: Veset
- Slovak: Waset
- Slovak: Wéset
- Slovenian: Tebe, Egipt
- Slovenian: Tebe
- Spanish: Antigua Tebas y su necrópolis
- Spanish: Tebas
- Spanish: Tebas Hecatómpila
- Spanish: Thēbai
- Spanish: Waset
- Swahili: Thebes
- Swedish: Tebe
- Swedish: Thebe
- Swedish: Thebe i Egypten
- Tagalog: Thebes
- Tamil: தீபை
- Tamil: தீப்ஸ்
- Thai: ทีบส์
- Thai: ธีบส์
- Turkish: Teb
- Ukrainian: Уасет
- Ukrainian: Фіви
- Urdu: طيبہ
- Urdu: طیبہ، مصر
- Uzbek: Fiva
- Vietnamese: Thebes, Ai Cập
- Vietnamese: Thebes
- Waray (Philippines): Thebes
- Welsh: Thebes, Yr Aifft
- Welsh: Thebes
- Wu Chinese: 底比斯 (埃及)
- Yue Chinese: 底比斯 (埃及)
- 底比斯(埃及)
Other Places Named Thebes
Localities in the Area
- Munsha’at al ‘AmmārīLocality
- Al ḨubaylLocality, 3 km southwest
- Naj‘ az ZanāqiţahLocality, 3 km south
- Naj‘ al ‘ArabLocality, 3 km southeast
- Al KarnakLocality, 3½ km northwest
Places in the Area
- Sofitel Mercure LuxorHotel, 1 km south
- Jāmi‘ Āl al ‘AmmārīMosque, 2 km southeast
- Masjid Naj‘ ‘UţaytūMosque, 2 km southeast
- Masjid Naj‘ DiyābMosque, 2 km southeast
- Masjid Abū Bakr aş ŞiddīqMosque, 2 km southeast
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