Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

底比斯古城及其墓地

🇮🇹 Egypt📅 1979 Inscribed

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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 Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.

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Capital of ancient Egypt during the Middle and New Kingdoms.

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Preserved numerous temples and tombs, including the famous Karnak and Luxor Temples, as well as the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, serving as a testimony to the grandeur of Egyptian civilization at its peak, particularly during the reign of Ramses II, when Egypt reached its greatest territorial extent.

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In 663 BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire sacked Thebes (Sack of Thebes). By the 1st century AD, the Greeks referred to it as nothing more than a village.