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This ancient city has a claim to fame for its defeat of the invincible Sparta in 371 BC. But Thebes has much more to brag about than winning the...
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Called Thebes by early European visitors, the most extensive religious complex of the Dynastic Egyptians contained the temples of Karnak and Luxor....
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From the 12th Ptolemaic dynasty, the temple of Karnak is the largest and the most complicated architecture in Egypt. The centre of the cult of...
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Built upon the site of a Middle Kingdom sanctuary, the temple of Luxor was constructed by the 18th and 19th Dynasty pharaohs Amenhotep III and Ramses...
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This was the great seat of Egyptian power during the New Kingdom, the 500 years beginning in the 11th Century, and site of all the great pyramids and...
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The obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut (1473-1458BC) is 97 feet tall and weighs perhaps 350 tons. Obelisks were carved from single pieces of stone, usually...
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Centuries before the birth of Christ, the Ancient Egyptians built their mysterious pyramids in the Valley of the Kings and, so some believe, harnessed...
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Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
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