Thebes

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Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Colossi of Memnon

hallway in the temple of Seti I

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Also Known As	Wo’se • Wase • Nuwe • Nowe

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temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Colossi of Memnon

hallway in the temple of Seti I

Battle of Kadesh

Travel down the Nile to discover important ancient Egyptian cultural sites such as the Pyramids of Giza

A tour of the Karnak temple complex in Egypt

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Valley of the Kings Abu Simbel Pyramids of Giza Ṣaqqārah Tell el-Amarna Abydos Dayr al-Baḥrī Naukratis Per Ramessu Bubastis

Egypt

Travel down the Nile to discover important ancient Egyptian cultural sites such as the Pyramids of Giza

ancient Egypt

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī

archaeological site, Egypt

Queens, Valley of the

Valley of the Queens

archaeological site, Egypt

Dayr al-Madinah

Dayr al-Madīnah

ancient settlement, Egypt

Qinā

governorate, Egypt

Key People

Ramses III

Ramses III

king of Egypt

Mariette

Auguste Mariette

French archaeologist

King Tut's discoverer

Howard Carter

British archaeologist

George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th earl of Carnarvon

British Egyptologist

Bernardino Passari: Saint Anthony Finds the Hermit Saint Paul Dead in the Arms of Angels

St. Paul of Thebes

Christian hermit

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Three flint axes from the stone age. (prehistoric, tools, early humans, culture, archaeology, implements)

Ancient Civilizations

Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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