Thebes — Thebaic /thi bay ik/, adj. Theban /thee beuhn/, adj., n. /theebz/, n. 1. an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt. 2. a city of ancient Greece, in… … Universalium
Thebes, Egypt — For the Greek city of Boeotia, see Thebes, Greece. For other cities called Thebes, see Thebes. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country Egypt Type Cultural … Wikipedia
The Egyptian (film) — Infobox Film name = The Egyptian caption = Edmund Purdom and Bella Darvi in The Egyptian director = Michael Curtiz producer = Darryl F. Zanuck writer = Philip Dunne Casey Robinson Mika Waltari (novel) starring = Jean Simmons Victor Mature Gene… … Wikipedia
Door into the Dark — 1st edition (publ. Faber) Door into the Dark (1969) is a collection of poems written by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. Poems include Requiem for the Croppies, Thatcher and The Wife s Tale. Heaney has been recorded reading this collection on… … Wikipedia
Valley of the Kings — The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wadi Biban el Muluk ; Gates of the King ) [Reeves and Wilkinson (1996), p.6] is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for… … Wikipedia
Sacred Band of Thebes — The Sacred Band of Thebes (ancient Greek: polytonic| τῶν Hierós Lókhos tón Thebón) was a troop of picked soldiers, numbering 150 age structured pairs, which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC. [Ludwig, p. 60.] It was… … Wikipedia
Valley of the Queens — The Valley of the Queens, also known as Biban el Harim ( ar. بيبان الحريم), Biban el Sultanat ( ar. بيبان السلطانات), and Wadi el Melikat ( ar. وادي الملكات), is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. In ancient… … Wikipedia
List of burials in the Valley of the Kings — The following is a list of burials in the Valley of the Kings, in Thebes (modern Luxor in Egypt) and nearby areas.Egyptologists use the acronym KV (from the words King s Valley ) to designate tombs located in the Valley of the Kings. The system… … Wikipedia
The Mummy (1999 film) — Infobox Film name = The Mummy image size = caption = Promotional poster director = Stephen Sommers producer = Sean Daniel James Jacks writer = Screenplay: Stephen Sommers Story: Kevin Jarre Lloyd Fonvielle Stephen Sommers narrator = starring =… … Wikipedia
Kings, Valley of the — Narrow gorge, Upper Egypt, near the ancient city of Thebes. It is the burial site of nearly all of the kings (pharaohs) of the 18th–20th dynasties (1539–1075 BC), from Thutmose I to Ramses XI. The valley contains 60 tombs, virtually all of which… … Universalium
