The Theban Necropolis is an area of the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes in Egypt. It was used for ritual burials for much of Pharoanic times, especially in the New Kingdom of Egypt. The Nile (Arabic: النيل an-nīl), in Africa, is one of the two longest rivers on Earth. ... Thebes [Θηβαι Thēbai] is the Greek designation of ancient Egyptian niwt (The) City and niwt-rst (The) Southern City. It is located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the Nile. ... ... The New Kingdom period of Egyptian history is the period between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. ...

Mortuary Temples

• Deir el-Bahri
  • Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
  • Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II
  • Mortuary Temple of Thotmose III
• Medinet Habu
  • Mortuary Temple & Palace of Ramesses III
  • Mortuary Temple of Ay & Horemheb
• Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
  • Colossi of Memnon
• Mortuary Temple of Merneptah
• Mortuary Temple of Ramesses IV
• Mortuary Temple of Thutmose IV
• Mortuary Temple of Thutmose III
• Mortuary Temple of Twosret
• Qurna
  • Mortuary Temple of Seti I
• Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II)

Djeser-Djeseru – the focal point of the complex Deir el-Bahri (Arabic دير البحري dayr al-baḥrī, literally meaning, “The Northern Monastery”) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. ... Djeser-Djeseru – the focal point of the complex Deir el-Bahri (Arabic دير البحري dayr al-baḥrī, literally meaning, “The Northern Monastery”) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. ... Djeser-Djeseru – the focal point of the complex Deir el-Bahri (Arabic دير البحري dayr al-baḥrī, literally meaning, “The Northern Monastery”) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. ... Djeser-Djeseru – the focal point of the complex Deir el-Bahri (Arabic دير البحري dayr al-baḥrī, literally meaning, “The Northern Monastery”) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. ... Medinet Habu from the air Medinet-Habu is the mortuary temple of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses III. It is located on the west bank of the River Nile at Thebes, Egypt, south of the morturary temple of Tutankhamun/Horemheb. ... The Colossi of Memnon The Colossi of Memnon (known to locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. ... The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramses II (Ramses the Great). ...

Royal Necropolis

• Valley of the Kings (Modern: "Wadi el-Muluk")
• Valley of the Queens (Modern: "Biban el-Harim")

View over the East Valley The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. ... The Valley of the Queens or Wadi el-Melikat is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharoahs were buried in ancient times. ...

Necropolis

• • Deir el-Medina
    • Workmen's Tombs
    • Shrine to Meretseger & Ptah

• • Tombs of the Nobles
    • el-Assasif
    • el-Khokha
    • el-Tarif
    • Dra' Abu el-Naga'
    • Qurnet Murai
    • Sheikh Abd el-Qurna