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The sack of Thebes took place in 663 BC in the city of Thebes at the hands of the Neo-Assyrian Empire under king Ashurbanipal, then at war with the Kushite Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt under Tantamani, during the Assyrian conquest of Egypt. After a long struggle for the control of the Levant which had started in 705 BC, the Kushites had ...
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.
The sack of Thebes was a momentous event that reverberated throughout the Ancient Near East. It is mentioned in the Book of Nahum chapter 3:8-10: Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
Articles relating to the city of Thebes, Egypt, the main city of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome (Sceptre nome) and the capital of Egypt for long periods during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom eras.
English: The first pylon leads into an open courtyard with colossal statues of Ramesses III as Osiris. The Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom structure of orthodox design with more than 7,000 m2 of decorated wall reliefs.
Thebes or Thebae may refer to one of the following places: Thebes, Egypt, capital of Egypt under the 11th, early 12th, 17th and early 18th Dynasties; Thebes, Greece, a city in Boeotia; Phthiotic Thebes or Thessalian Thebes, an ancient city at Nea Anchialos; Thebae (Cilicia), a town of ancient Cilicia, now in Turkey; Thebes (Ionia), in Asia Minor
He invades Egypt to try to take it back. 664 BC: Necho I, puppet Pharaoh of Egypt, is killed by invading Kushite forces under Tantamani. 663 BC: Assyrian army captures and sacks Thebes, Egypt, ending the Nubian period in Egypt. 660 BC: Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu on 11 February. 660 BC: First known use of the Demotic script.
The Eleventh Dynasty’s capital was located at the city of Thebes. The first king of the Twelfth Dynasty , Amenemhet I , moved the capital from Thebes to a city near el-Lisht called Itj-tawy , [ 3 ] because it was close to the mouth of the Fayyum , and well situated to control the 'Two Lands' of Upper and Lower Egypt. [ 4 ]