Thebes, Egypt

For the Greek city of Boeotia, see Thebes, Greece.

Thebes (Θῆβαι, Thēbai) was a city in Ancient Egypt about 800 km south of the Mediterranean Sea, on the east bank of the river Nile (25.7°N 32.645°E / 25.7; 32.645). It was the capital of Waset, the fourth Upper Egyptian nome.

Thebes

Waset Θῆβαι
Shown within Egypt
Location	Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Region	Upper Egypt
Coordinates	25°43′14″N 32°36′37″E
Type	Settlement
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Type	Cultural
Criteria	I, III, VI
Designated	1979 (3rd session)
Reference no.	87
Region	Arab States

Sources

• Gauthier, Henri. 1925–1931. Dictionnaire des noms géographiques contenus dans les textes hiéroglyphiques. Vol. 3 of 7 vols. Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire. (Reprinted Osnabrück: Otto Zeller Verlag, 1975). 75, 76.
• Polz, Daniel C. 2001. "Thebes". In The Oxford Encyclopedia of ancient Egypt, edited by Donald Bruce Redford. Vol. 3 of 3 vols. Oxford, New York, and Cairo: Oxford University Press and The American University in Cairo Press. 384–388.
• Redford, Donald Bruce. 1992. "Thebes". In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, edited by David Noel Freedman. Vol. 6 of 6 vols. New York: Doubleday. 442–443. ISBN 0-385-42583-X (6-volume set)
• Strudwick, Nigel C., & Strudwick, Helen, Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor. London: British Museum Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8014-3693-1 (hardcover)/ISBN 0-8014-8616-5 (paperback)

Other websites

• Theban Mapping Project
• Ancient Thebes Digital Media Archive (photos, laser scans, panoramas) Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Herakleopolis	Capital of Egypt 2060 BC - 1785 BC	Succeeded by Avaris
Preceded by Avaris	Capital of Egypt 1580 BC - c. 1353 BC	Succeeded by Akhetaten
Preceded by Akhetaten	Capital of Egypt c. 1332 BC - 1085 BC	Succeeded by Tanis