Home Egypt Thebes
  • Join the Archiqoo Editorial Team

  • Archiqoo invites researchers, academics, and cultural heritage professionals worldwide to contribute their expertise to an initiative dedicated to documenting archaeological and cultural heritage sites. Join our editorial team as a volunteer Editor and help make reliable heritage knowledge accessible to a wider audience.

    Application deadline: November 15, 2026

    Apply as an Editor
  • Thebes

  • Thebes

    Thebes was an ancient Egyptian city located east of the Nile. Its ruins lie within the modern city of Luxor, Egypt. The city was inhabited from around 3200 BC. It was the eponymous capital of Waset, the fourth Upper Egyptian nome. Thebes was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis.
    World Heritage Site
    Thebes
    by MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 74 m

    Humidity: %
    Wind:
    Powered by: OpenWeatherMap
    Flag of Egypt

    Thebes

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1979

    city

    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Egypt

    Luxor

    History icon

    Fourth Millennium BC

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ancient Egyptians

    feature icon

    Ancient Egyptian Monuments

     

    Explore More

     

  • 3.8 Average Based on 16 Reviews
  • Current Rating
    Five
    6
    Four
    4
    Three
    3
    Two
    2
    One
    1
    Your Rating