Thebes the City of Was

Thebes

Location               Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Region  Upper Egypt

Type      Settlement

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Official name     Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Type      Cultural

Criteria I, III, VI

Designated         1979 (3rd session)

Reference no.   87

Region  Arab States

Thebes known to the ancient Egyptians as Waset, was an ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile about 800 kilometers (500 mi) south of the Mediterranean. Its ruins lie within the modern Egyptian city of Luxor. Thebes was the main city of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome (Sceptre nome) and was the capital of Egypt for long periods during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom eras.