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  2. Thebes, Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian name for Thebes was wꜣs.t, "City of the wꜣs", the sceptre of the pharaohs, a long staff with an animal's head and a forked base.From the end of the New Kingdom, Thebes was known in Egyptian as njw.t-jmn, the "City of Amun", the chief of the Theban Triad of deities whose other members were Mut and Khonsu.

  3. Theban Desert Road Survey - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Theban Mapping Project - Wikipedia

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    The Theban Mapping Project is an archaeological expedition devoted to Ancient Egypt. It was established in 1978 by the Egyptologist Dr. Kent R. Weeks at the University of California, Berkeley . In 1985, it was moved to the American University in Cairo .

  5. List of Theban tombs - Wikipedia

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    The Theban Necropolis is located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, in Egypt.As well as the more famous royal tombs located in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, there are numerous other tombs, more commonly referred to as Tombs of the Nobles (Luxor), the burial places of some of the powerful courtiers and persons of the ancient city.

  6. Luxor - Wikipedia

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    Luxor [a] is a city in Upper Egypt, which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes.Luxor had a population of 1,333,309 in 2020, [2] with an area of approximately 417 km 2 (161 sq mi) [1] and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate.

  7. Madaba Map - Wikipedia

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    Jerusalem on the Madaba Map. The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan.. The mosaic map depicts an area from Lebanon in the north to the Nile Delta in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Eastern Desert.

  8. History of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    A map of Mount Lebanon c. AD 1180. One of the most lasting effects of the Crusades in this region was the contact between the crusaders (mainly French) and the Maronites. Unlike most other Christian communities in the region, who swore allegiance to Constantinople or other local patriarchs, the Maronites proclaimed allegiance to the Pope in ...

  9. El-Khokha - Wikipedia

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    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 ...