Reason: Towering temples and treasure-filled tombs shine a light on one of history's greatest civilizations. Ancient Thebes was home to some of the greatest monuments of the ancient world—built to ...

2008 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis - Map displaying all components of the inscribed property and their buffer zone 2008 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis - Map displaying components “Temple of ...

If you imagine yourself in ancient Greece, it is probably in one of the two principal cities (or city-states), democratic, fractious, philosophy-loving Athens, or oligarchic, disciplined, ...

Anyone who doubts that Thebes is indeed a ‘forgotten city’ hasn’t spent much time in Greek souvenir shops. In a marketplace shaped by the interests of foreign tourists, there are countless mementos of ...

Nevine El-Aref explores the rich history of Thebes and the work being done to offer a glimpse of its ancient Egyptian grandeur in a series of articles on Egypt’s World Heritage Sites The ancient city ...

Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the ...