Thebes, Egypt
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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 L
Pillars of the Great Hypostyle Hall, in The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia
The Theban Necropolis
Serekh of Intef I inscribed posthumously for him by Mentuhotep II
Statue of Mentuhotep II, 11th dynasty ruler, originated from Thebes, southern Egypt.
Thebes, Greece
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Thebes is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the largest city in Boeotia and a major center for the region.
Thebes, Egypt
…distinguished the Egyptian Thebes as "Thebes of the Hundred Gates" (Θῆβαι ἑκατόμπυλοι, Thēbai hekatómpyloi) or "Hundred-Gated Thebes", as opposed to the "Thebes of the Seven Gates" (Θῆβαι ἑπτάπυλοι, Thēbai heptápyloi) in Boeotia, Greece. In the interpretatio graeca, Amun was rendered as Zeus Ammon. The name was therefore translated…
View of Thebes
Remains of the Cadmea, the central fortress of ancient Thebes
Archeological museum of Thebes
Theban workshop (Oinochoe type), 7th century BC