Thebes, Egypt (egy)

Thebes, Egypt

Thebes, Egypt ranks 805th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Oulu, Zwolle, and Ichikawa, Chiba. Memorable people born in Thebes, Egypt include Nefertiti, Akhenaten, and Ramesses III. Memorable people who died in Thebes, Egypt include Ahmose-Meritamun, Ahhotep I, and Ahmose. Thebes, Egypt has been the birth place of many politicians, and companions and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Thebes, Egypt is located in Egypt.

Thebes, known to the ancient Egyptians as Waset, was an ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile about 800 kilometers (500 mi) south of the Mediterranean. Its ruins lie within the modern Egyptian city of Luxor. Thebes was the main city of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome and was the capital of Egypt for long periods during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom eras. It was close to Nubia and the Eastern Desert, with its valuable mineral resources and trade routes. It was a religious center and the most venerated city during many periods of ancient Egyptian history. The site of Thebes includes areas on both the eastern bank of the Nile, where the temples of Karnak and Luxor stand and where the city was situated; and the western bank, where a necropolis of large private and royal cemeteries and funerary complexes can be found. In 1979, the ruins of ancient Thebes were classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Read more on Wikipedia