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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.
Forty days after the battle, Ashurbanipal's army arrived in Thebes. Tantamani had already left the city for Kipkipi, a location that remains uncertain but might be Kom Ombo, some 200 km (120 mi) south of Thebes. [6]: 265 The city of Thebes was conquered, "smashed (as if by) a floodstorm" and heavily plundered in the Sack of Thebes. [7]
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.
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?
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 King’s Festivities Road. Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road (Arabic: طريق الكباش) is a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long avenue which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been uncovered in the ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor), with sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on both flanks.
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 ]