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In popular culture, Thebes is a setting in the films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001). It is said to be the "Land of the Living". (In real history, there was no such name given to it.) The films feature scenes taking place in ancient Egypt in its prime, which affect the story in the modern setting some 3000 years later.
Elkab, also spelled El-Kab or El Kab, is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Luxor (ancient Thebes). Elkab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language ( Coptic : ⲛ̀ⲭⲁⲃ enkhab , Late Coptic: [ənˈkɑb] ), a name that refers to Nekhbet , the goddess ...
The Theban Desert Road Survey is an archaeological research project operated in conjunction with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's Supreme Council for Antiquities that is being conducted in the Western Desert in Egypt that focuses on the ancient connections between Thebes and such settlements as the Kharga Oasis.
The Beautiful Festival of the Valley depicted in the Tomb of Nakht. The Beautiful Festival of the Valley (Egyptian: hb nfr n jnt; Arabic: عيد الوادي الجميل, romanized: Eid al-Wadi al-Jamil) was an ancient Egyptian festival, celebrated annually in Thebes (now Luxor), during the Middle Kingdom period and later.
Luxor [a] is a city in Upper Egypt, which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. Luxor had a population of 263,109 in 2020, [2] with an area of approximately 417 km 2 (161 sq mi) [1] and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. It is among the oldest inhabited cities in the world.
Archaeological site of Dra' Abu el-Naga, view to the west, Luxor West Bank, Egypt The necropolis of Draʻ Abu el-Naga' (Arabic: دراع ابو النجا) is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Egypt, just by the entrance of the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and north of the necropolis of el-Assasif.
El-Khokha necropolis, Thebes, Egypt El-Khokha from above. The necropolis of El-Khokha ( Arabic : الخوخه ) is located on the west bank of the river Nile at Thebes, Egypt . The necropolis is surrounds a hill and has five Old Kingdom tombs and over 50 tombs from the 18th , 19th and 20th dynasties as well as some from the First Intermediate ...
The group consisted of Amun, his consort Mut and their son Khonsu. [1] [2]They were favored by both the 18th and 25th Dynasty.At the vast Karnak Temple Complex, these gods constituted the primary objects of worship.