The city sits on what was once the ancient city of Thebes, the capital of unified Egypt for hundreds of years. At the height of Egypt's powers, it was world's center of art, business, and culture.

But why did Akhenaten abandon Thebes, which had been the capital of ... encouraged a startlingly different style of Egyptian art. Here he is shown with his wife, Nefertiti, and three daughters.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 2, Part 2: The Egyptian Expedition 1925-1927 (Feb., 1928), pp. 3-58 (56 pages) ...

1925 at Thebes) of statues he unearthed of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Numerous colossal statues of the pharaoh once adorned the terraces of her temple at ...

While traditional Egyptian art tends to emphasise the eternal ... shut up their houses and returned to the old capitals at Thebes and Memphis. His image and names were removed from monuments.

Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the ...

Cebes of Thebes (ca. 430-350 B.C.E.) was a member of Socrates’ inner circle. One of the dialogs that has been attributed to him is the Pinax or Tabula, also known as the Tablet of Cebes. In fact, it ...

A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current King of Thebes, having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and is determined to help the people. He married Jocasta, Queen of Thebes and has ...