Theban_Necropolis

Theban Necropolis

Theban Necropolis

Area in Egypt, west of the Nile near Thebes

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.[1]

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Mortuary temples

See also: Temples of a Million years

Royal Necropolis

Necropolis

See also

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References

  1. [1]
    Foster, Karen Polinger; Manniche, Lise (1991). "Lost Tombs: A Study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis". The Classical World. 84 (3): 246. doi:10.2307/4350785. ISSN 0009-8418.
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