The Theban Necropolis () is a
necropolis on the west bank of the
Nile
The Nile (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the List of river sy ...
, opposite
Thebes (
Luxor
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 263,109 in 2020, with an area of approximately and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. It is among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited c ...
) in
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ', shortened to , , locally: ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel North. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake N ...
. It was used for ritual burials for much of the
Pharaonic period, especially during the
New Kingdom.
Mortuary temples
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Deir el-Bahri
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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
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Mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II
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Mortuary temple of Thutmose III
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Medinet Habu
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Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
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Colossi of Memnon
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Mortuary Temple of Merneptah
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Mortuary Temple of Ramesses IV
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Mortuary Temple of Thutmose IV
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Mortuary Temple of Thutmose III
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Mortuary Temple of Twosret
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Temple of Nebwenenef
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Qurna
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Mortuary Temple of Seti I
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Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep II
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Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II)
Royal Necropolis
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Valley of the Kings (Modern: "''Wadi el-Muluk''")
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Valley of the Queens
The Valley of the Queens is a site in Egypt, in which queens, princes, princesses, and other high-ranking officials were buried from roughly 1560 BC to 1130 BC. Pharaohs were buried in the Valley of the Kings. The Valley of the Queens was known an ...
(Modern: "''Biban el-Harim''")
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Royal Cache
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Bab el-Gasus
Necropolis
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Deir el-Medina
Deir el-Medina (), or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BC). ...
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Workmen's Tombs
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Shrine to Meretseger & Ptah
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Tombs of the Nobles
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el-Assasif
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el-Khokha
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el-Tarif
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Dra' Abu el-Naga'
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Qurnet Murai
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Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
See also
References
External links
Theban Mapping Project
{{World Heritage Sites in Egypt
Archaeological sites in Egypt
Open-air museums in Egypt
Necropoleis
Thebes, Egypt