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West Thebes

Alternative site names: 
Qurneh; Thèbes; Theba; Theben; Thebes; Tiba; Tibah; the Ramesseum
Arabic site names: 
طيبة
Type of site: 
Mortuary temple; sed festival chapel; tombs; cemeteries
Timeframe: 
Mortuary temple (19th Dynasty); sed festival chapel (11th Dynasty); tombs (17th Dynasty-20th Dynasty); cemetery (11th Dynasty-12th Dynasty, 22nd Dynasty-24th Dynasty)
Overlay map: 
Original excavator's map of the archaeological features at Naqqada superimposed on a modern Google map image. Created by Bryony Smerdon, 2016.
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Relevant publications: 

Catalogue of antiquities from Thebes : exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, July 6th to August 1st, 1896. 1896. London : Egyptian Research Account.

Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities: found in the peninsula of Sinai, and at Pithom, Oxyrhynkhos, and Thebes, and drawings of tombs at Saqqara, for the Egypt Exploration Fund and Egyptian Research Account, 1905 ; exhibited at University College, London, June 29th to July 29th. 1905. London.

Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities: found by Prof. Flinders Petrie and students at Memphis (Palace of Apries) and Thebes (Qurneh), 1909 ; exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, July 5th to 31st / British School of Archaeology in Egypt. 1909. London : BSAE.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1897. Six temples at Thebes: 1896. London: Bernard Quaritch.

Quibell, J. E., R. F. E. Paget, and A. A. Pirie 1898. The Ramesseum / The tomb of Ptah-Hetep. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [2]. London: Bernard Quaritch.

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