Diospolis Magna/Thebai

settlement · 2600000 BC – 2100 AD

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.

Diospolis Magna/Thebai
Coordinates
25.66478, 32.63188
Also known as
Aḳṣar (ota), Dios polis megalē, Diospoli Q[ - ? - ]tibe (la), Diospoli quae Tibe (la), Diospolis Magna, Diospolis Megalē, Diospolis Megale, Dios Polis Megale (grc), Diospolis magna, Diospolis megalē, Diospolis, Dios Polis (grc), Karnak (de), Luxor (ar), Nēʾ, Ne', Ne (akk), Papē, Pape (cop), Teba (bs), Teben (az), Tebes (ca), Thebai (br), Thebai, Thebe (af), Theben (de), Theben-West, West Thebes (de), Thebes (cy), Thebes east, Thēbai, Thebai (grc), Veset (cs), [pr]-Sbk-ḥtpmpr-Jmn, pr-Sbk-ḥtpmpr-Jmn, Sbk-ḥtpmpr-Jmn (egy), [pr]-Sḫm-Rʿḫwj‑[tꜣwj], Sḫm-Rʿḫwj‑tꜣwj, pr-Sḫm-Rʿḫwj‑tꜣwj, pr-Sḫm-Rʿḫwj, Sḫm-Rʿḫwj, Sḫm-Rʿḫwj‑t3wj, pr-Sḫm-Rʿḫwj‑t3wj (egy), al-Karnak (arb), al-Uqsur, al-Uqṣur, al-Uqsur, el-Uqsur (arb), al-Uqṣurain, al-Uqsurain, el-Uqsurein, al-Uqsurayn, el-Uqsureyn (arb), al-Uqṣurēn, al-Uqsuren, el-Uqsuren (ar), jpt rst, Ipet-Resit (egy), jpt swt, jpt-swt, Ipet-Sut (egy), jpt-swt, jpt-swt (m Wꜣst), jpt-swt m Wꜣst, jpt-swt m Wꜣst, jpt-swt m W3st (egy), njwt, Niwt (egy), njwt-rsjt, Niwt-Resit (egy), pr-Jmn (egy)
Dating
attested

Sources

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