Al Ba‘īrāt in Luxor Governorate
Destination Guide Egypt

Thebes, Egypt

Thebes is the Greek name for a city in Ancient Egypt, natively known as Waset, located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile within the modern city of Luxor. The Theban Necropolis is situated nearby on the west bank of the Nile.

Located at 25.7206, 32.6103 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Egypt, Cities in Ancient Egypt, World Heritage Sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt, Amun

Ramesseum

The Ramesseum is the memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great", also spelled "Ramses" and "Rameses"). It is located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. The name – or at least its French form, Rhamesséion – was coined by Jean-François Champollion, who visited the ruins of the site in 1829 and first identified the hieroglyphs making up Ramesses's names and titles on the walls.

Located at 25.7278, 32.6106 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Open air museums in Egypt, 13th-century BC architecture, Theban Necropolis, Ramesses II

Colossi of Memnon

The Colossi of Memnon (known to locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.

Located at 25.7206, 32.6106 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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14th-century BC architecture, Colossal statues, Sculptures of ancient Egypt, Theban Necropolis, Unidentified sounds

Deir el-Medina

Deir el-Medina is an ancient Egyptian village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th dynasties of the New Kingdom period (ca. 1550–1080 BC) The settlement's ancient name was "Set Maat" (translated as "The Place of Truth"), and the workmen who lived there were called “Servants in the Place of Truth”.

Located at 25.7289, 32.6014 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Theban Necropolis, Ostracon, Former populated places in Egypt

Medinet Habu (location)

Medinet Habu is an archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt. Although other structures are located within the area, the location is today associated almost exclusively (and indeed, most synonymously) with the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III.

Located at 25.72, 32.6008 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Theban Necropolis

Medinet Habu (temple)

Medinet Habu is the name commonly given to the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, an important New Kingdom period structure in the location of the same name on the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its intrinsic size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.

Located at 25.7197, 32.6007 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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12th-century BC architecture, Theban Necropolis, Colossal statues

Malkata

Malkata (or Malqata), meaning the place where things are picked up in Arabic, is the site of an Ancient Egyptian palace complex built by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III. It is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Egypt, in the desert to the south of Medinet Habu. The site also included a temple dedicated to Amenhotep III's Great Royal Wife, Tiy, and honoring Sobek, the crocodile deity.

Located at 25.7153, 32.5911 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Valley of the Kings, Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt

Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III

The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III is located in the Theban necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor in Egypt. It was built for the Pharaoh Amenhotep III. When constructed it was the largest of the mortuary temples in the Theban area, larger than the complex at Karnak, and covered an area of 350,000 square metres. Today very little remains of the complex, with only the Colossi of Memnon – two massive 18-metre stone statues of Amenhotep that stood at the gateway, still visible.

Located at 25.721, 32.61 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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14th-century BC architecture, Theban Necropolis