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Theban Necropolis

Aerial view of the Theban Necropolis
Shown within Egypt
Location	Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt
Region	Upper Egypt
Coordinates	25°44′N 32°36′E / 25.733°N 32.600°E / 25.733; 32.600
Type	Necropolis
Part of	Thebes
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

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

• Deir el-Bahri
  • Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
  • Mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II
  • Mortuary temple of Thutmose III
• Medinet Habu
  • Mortuary temple and palace of Ramesses III
  • Mortuary Temple of Ay & Horemheb
• Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
  • Colossi of Memnon
• Mortuary Temple of Merneptah
• Mortuary Temple of Ramesses IV
• Mortuary Temple of Thutmose IV
• Mortuary Temple of Thutmose III
• Mortuary Temple of Twosret
• Temple of Nebwenenef
• Qurna
  • Mortuary Temple of Seti I
• Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep II
• Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II)

Royal Necropolis

• Valley of the Kings (Modern: "Wadi el-Muluk")
• Valley of the Queens (Modern: "Biban el-Harim")
• Royal Cache
• Bab el-Gasus

Necropolis

• Deir el-Medina
  • Workmen's Tombs
  • Shrine to Meretseger & Ptah
• Tombs of the Nobles
  • el-Assasif
  • el-Khokha
  • el-Tarif
  • Dra' Abu el-Naga'
  • Qurnet Murai
  • Sheikh Abd el-Qurna

See also

References

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. JSTOR 4350785.

External links

• Theban Mapping Project

v t e Theban Necropolis
Temple sites	Deir el-Bahari Medinet Habu Mortuary Temple of Seti I Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III Ramesseum
Royal Necropolis	Valley of the Kings burials Valley of the Queens burials Royal Cache Bab el-Gasus
Other burials	el-Assasif el-Khokha el-Tarif Dra' Abu el-Naga' Qurnet Murai Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Related articles	Aten Beautiful Festival of the Valley Deir el-Medina
List of Theban tombs

• World Heritage Sites in Egypt
• Theban Necropolis
• Archaeological sites in Egypt
• Open-air museums in Egypt
• Necropoleis
• Thebes, Egypt