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The site of Ancient Thebes and its necropolis encompass 12 major archaeological sites, presenting a significant challenge in developing a unified management plan that includes conservation, ...

41 COM 7B.76 Ancient Thebes and its Necropolis (Egypt) (C 87) The World Heritage Committee, Having examined Document WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add,; Recalling Decisions 37 COM 7B.48 and 39 COM 7B.49, adopted ...

Egypt's most famous site is the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still standing and one of the new seven wonders of the world, introduced in 2007.; On a recent ...

Hieroglyphic inscriptions found on clay caps of wine vessels at the site date the city to the reign of the 18th-dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III (1386-1353 BCE), whose generally peaceful tenure was ...

Through these dramas, Antigone especially, an idea of Thebes as a site of sin and suffering has endured. Cadmus, a Phoenician prince, was said to have founded Thebes at the direction of the Delphic ...

Nevine El-Aref explores the rich history of Thebes and the work being done to offer a glimpse of its ancient Egyptian grandeur in a series of articles on Egypt’s World Heritage Sites ...

33 COM 7B.54 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (Egypt) (C 87) The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC-09/33.COM/7B.Add,. 2. Recalling Decision 32 COM 7B.57, adopted at its 32nd ...