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Thebes was once ancient Egypt's capital and the cultic center of its most prominent god: Amun. It also was home to one of the largest temple precincts in the ancient world: Karnak.
Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922. Latest U.S.
Three thousand four hundred years ago, a contentious ancient Egyptian king abandoned his name, his religion, and his capital in Thebes (modern Luxor). Archaeologists know what happened next: The ...
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Egypt on Thursday opened to the public a 3,000-year-old sphinx-filled avenue in the Southern city of Luxor to great fanfare, having wrapped up restoration works that took over seven decades to ...
On a trip to Egypt, I found that Luxor, once the ancient capital of Thebes, held more fascinating ancient ruins, burial sites, and temples than Giza.
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Almost every temple in Egypt was rebuilt, redecorated or expanded . In Thebes, the great temple to Amen-Re gained a new entrance with four colossi of the pharaoh, to remind people who was in charge.
I do not know where and when I read the title of ‘Sad Thebes’. Thebes was the capital of the ancient world, now called Luxor. ... Perhaps what distinguishes it most are the waterfalls, which are rare ...