Theban necropolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Collective name for the complex of tombs and temples on the western bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Thebes/Luxor. The necropolis was used for royal and elite burials throughout the Pharaonic period.
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- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Theban Necropolis (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Theban Necropolis (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Theban necropolis located near Diospolis Magna/Thebai (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Al-'Assāsīf part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 332 BC)
- Chapel of Wadjmose located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Deir el-Bahari part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (unspecified date range)
- Funerary temple of Amenhotep II located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Funerary temple of Ay and Horemheb located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Funerary temple of Seti I located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Funerary temple of Siptah and Twosret located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Funerary temple of Thutmose III located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Funerary temple of Thutmose IV located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Medinet Habu part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Mortuary Temple of Merenptah part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Ramesseum part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Sanctuary of Ptah and Mertesger located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Sheikh Abd el-Qurna part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Temple of Amenhotep, son of Hapu located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Theban Tomb 320 part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Theban Tomb 359 part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (unspecified date range)
- Theban Tomb 414 (TT 414) located at Theban necropolis (664 BC - 30 BC)
- Theban Tomb 69 part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (unspecified date range)
- Tomb of Nebamun at Thebes part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - AD 640)
- Tomb of Puimre at Thebes located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Tomb of Rekhmire at Thebes part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Valley of the Kings part of (analytical) Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Valley of the Queens located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Workmen's rest-houses located at Theban necropolis (1548 BC - 1086 BC)
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis
Pleiades
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Theban necropolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/836839127> [accessed: 24 June 2025]
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