Theban Necropolis
area in Egypt, west of the Nile near Thebes
Facts
11 propertiesDesignation
- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian necropolis
- End time
- 1070 BC[10]
- Heritage designation
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[14]
- Start time
- 1550 BC[9]
Location
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 25.721°, 32.610°, 🗺️ 25.733°, 32.600°[11][12]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- Luxor Governorate[2]
More facts +4
- Elevation above sea level
- +227[15]
- Has part(s)
- Valley of the Queens, Valley of the Kings, Deir el-Bahari, Tombs of the Nobles[5][6][7][8]
- Topic has template
- Template:Theban Necropolis Navigator[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Theban Necropolis
en Necropolis of Thebes
ar مدينة طيبة الجنائزية
cs Thébská nekropole
de Theben-West
de Thebanische Nekropole
el Νεκρόπολη των Θηβών
es Necropolis tebana
es Necrópolis tebana
fa نکروپولیس تبای
fi Theban nekropoli
fr Necropole thebaine
fr nécropole thébaine
he הנקרופוליס של תבאי
he נקרופוליס של תבאי
hi थेबान कब्रिस्तान
id Nekropolis Thebes
it necropoli di Tebe
ja テーベのネクロポリス
ko 테베 네크로폴리스
🔖 Identifiers · 10
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- SFEC AEH -ThebesNecropolis-2010-FULL-Overview-039.jpg ↗
- BabelNet ID
- 02657121n
- Freebase ID
- /m/0946v_
- GNS Unique Feature ID
- -304056
- GeoNames ID
- 347341
- Museum-digital place ID
- 18741
- OpenStreetMap way ID
- 1078995980
- Pleiades ID
- 836839127
- Topic's main category
- Category:Theban Necropolis
- World Heritage Site ID
- 87-003
📚 Sources · 1
- GeoNames CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
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- GeoNames
- Edition
- 20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
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Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Belongs to 1
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Summary
Theban Necropolis is an Ancient Egyptian necropolis[1].
Body
Cultural Significance
Things named for Theban Necropolis include Theban Mapping Project[16], an expedition[17], in United States[18], founded in 1978[19].
Why It Matters
Entities named for it include Theban Mapping Project[16], an expedition[17], in United States[18], founded in 1978[19].