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.

Art changed again in the reign of Akenhaten ... But like his decision to abandon Thebes and Amen-Re for Amarna and Aten, the changes died with him. The backlash against his actions and ideas ...

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.

In many ways, Athens and Sparta seem like opposite extremes. But what comes to mind at the mention of a third major Greek city, Thebes? In legend Thebes can seem like a dark place: polluted with ...

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