Diospolis Magna/Thebai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Roko Rumora, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
May 22, 2023 11:11 PM
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History
Diospolis Magna/Thebai was known in ancient Egypt as Waset, "City of the Sceptre". The site was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786017
25.664781, 32.631884
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 338 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- DARMC location 339 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Dios polis megalē (304 BC - AD 640)
- Diospolis (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 30 BC)
- Diospolis Magna (750 BC - AD 640)
- Diospolis Magna (Georgian, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Diospolis Megalē (Ancient Greek, 304 BC - AD 640)
- Diospolis magna (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Diospolis megalē (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Karnak (German, 2670 BC - AD 640)
- Karnak (English, 2670 BC - AD 640)
- أَلْأُقْصُر (Luxor: Arabic, modern)
- Luxor (German, 2670 BC - AD 2000)
- Nēʾ (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Papē (Coptic, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Thebai (750 BC - AD 640)
- Theben (German, 2600000 BC - AD 2000)
- Theben-West (German, 1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Thebes east (modern)
- Thēbai (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- [pr]-Sbk-ḥtpmpr-Jmn (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- [pr]-Sḫm-Rʿḫwj‑[tꜣwj] (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- al-Karnak (Modern Standard Arabic, 2010 BC - AD 640)
- al-Uqsur (2168 BC - 2010 BC)
- al-Uqṣur (Modern Standard Arabic, 2670 BC - AD 2000)
- al-Uqṣurain (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 950 - AD 1150)
- al-Uqṣurēn (Arabic, unspecified date range)
- jpt rst (Ancient Egyptian, 1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- jpt swt (Ancient Egyptian, 1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- jpt-swt (1640 BC - 1548 BC)
- jpt-swt (mwꜣst) (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- njwt (Ancient Egyptian, 1640 BC - 1086 BC)
- njwt-rsjt (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- pr-Jmn (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- pr-Mnṯw (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- wꜣst (Ancient Egyptian, 2168 BC - 1086 BC)
- ḥwt Ptḥwꜣst(j) (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- ḥwt-nṯr nt Jmn-(Rʿ) (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- ḥwt-nṯrn Ḫnsw (mwꜣst) (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- Ḫpr-kꜣ-Rʿswt-ḏfꜣw (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- Ḫpr-kꜣ-Rʿḫnttjpt-swt (Ancient Egyptian, 2010 BC - 1640 BC)
- Diospolis Magna/Thebai located on Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Luxor Temple located at Diospolis Magna/Thebai (unspecified date range)
- Mortuary Temple of Merenptah located near Diospolis Magna/Thebai (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Theban necropolis located near Diospolis Magna/Thebai (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Tomb of Nebamun at Thebes located near Diospolis Magna/Thebai (1548 BC - AD 640)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 B2 Diospolis Magna/Thebai
The Barrington Atlas notes: Karnak/Luxor
T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Roko Rumora, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Diospolis Magna/Thebai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786017> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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