Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis' has mentioned 'Egypt' in the following places:
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| ThebesWasetxcex98xe1xbfx86xcexb2xcexb1xcexb9Pillars of the Great Hypostyle Hall, in The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and NubiaShown within EgyptLocationLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRegionUpper EgyptCoordinates25xc2xb043xe2x80xb214xe2x80xb3N 32xc2xb036xe2x80xb237xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf25.72056xc2xb0N 32.61028xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 25.72056; 32.61028Coordinates: 25xc2xb043xe2x80xb214xe2x80xb3N 32xc2xb036xe2x80xb237xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf25.72056xc2xb0N 32.61028xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 25.72056; 32.61028TypeSettlement UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameAncient Thebes with its NecropolisTypeCulturalCriteriaI, III, VIDesignated1979 (3rd session)Referencexc2xa0no.87RegionArab States | WIKI |
| The Greek names came into wider use after the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great, when the country came to be ruled by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty. | WIKI |
| By 1800 BC, the population of Memphis was down to about 30,000, making Thebes the largest city in Egypt at the time. | WIKI |
| Finally by c. 2050 BC, Intef III's son Mentuhotep II (meaning "Montu is satisfied"), took the Herakleopolitans by force and reunited Egypt once again under one ruler, thereby starting the period now known as the Middle Kingdom. | WIKI |
| Thebes continued to thrive as a religious center as the local god Amun was becoming increasingly prominent throughout Egypt. | WIKI |
| A second wave of Asiatics called Hyksos (from Heqa-khasut, "rulers of foreign lands" as Egyptians called their leaders) immigrated into Egypt and overran the Canaanite center of power at Avaris, starting the 15th Dynasty there. | WIKI |
| Ahmose I drove the Hyksos out of Egypt and the Levant and reclaimed the lands formerly ruled by them. | WIKI |
| Ahmose I founded a new age for a unified Egypt with Thebes as its capital. | WIKI |
| With Egypt stabilized again, religion and religious centers flourished and none more so than Thebes. | WIKI |
| The capital was moved to the new city of Akhetaten (Amarna in modern Egypt), midway between Thebes and Memphis. | WIKI |
| During Ramesses' long 66-year reign, Egypt and Thebes reached an overwhelming state of prosperity which equaled or even surpassed the earlier peak under Amenhotep III. | WIKI |
| However, the whole of Egypt was experiencing financial problems, exemplified in the events at Thebes' village of Deir el-Medina. | WIKI |
| In 721 BC, King Shabaka of the Kushites defeated the combined forces of Osorkon IV (22nd Dynasty), Peftjauawybast (23rd Dynasty) Bakenranef (24th Dynasty) and reunified Egypt yet again. | WIKI |
| His reign saw a significant amount of building work undertaken throughout Egypt, especially at the city of Thebes, which he made the capital of his kingdom. | WIKI |
| In Karnak he erected a pink granite statue of himself wearing the Pschent (the double crown of Egypt). | WIKI |
| the Kiosk in Karnak) and Nubia before the Assyrians started to wage war against Egypt. | WIKI |
| Against Egypt and Kush I have lifted my spear and shown my power. | WIKI |
| In 525 BC, Persian Cambyses II invaded Egypt and became pharaoh, subordinating the kingdom as a satrapy to the greater Achaemenid Empire. | WIKI |
| What differentiated it from the many temples of Egypt is the length of time it was built over (more than 2,000 years, starting in the Middle Kingdom). | WIKI |
| Instead, it is dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship; it may have been where many of the pharaohs of Egypt were crowned. | WIKI |