Thebes, Egypt Puns

Temple of Luxor in Thebes, Egypt, constructed circa 1400 B.C. (1966x1326)

TIL that a war in Ancient Egypt broke out when a king called Apophis sent a strongly worded letter to Pharaoh Seqenenre complaining about the snoring of some hippos in a sacred lake in Thebes. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti…

So this is a newly discovered ancient city built 3000 years ago.. west old Thebes, Egypt

3400年前的神庙。Luxor Temple, Egypt. Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was constructed approximately 1400 BC. reddit.com/gallery/rlcjfe

Why is there a Thebes Egypt and a Thebes Greece? God damn old people confusing the fuck out of me.

3700 year old wig of Merit, wife of Kha, found in the tomb of the couple (TT8) in Thebes, present-day Luxor, Egypt. The wig was beautifully constructed of human hair(1080x1698)

Necklace or collar of gold consisting of four rows of rings threaded on a pad of fibre: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC reddit.com/gallery/rieorf

Osiris and the Four Sons of Horus ca. 1400–1352 B.C. Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, el-Khokha, Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky (TT 181)

Base of the outer coffin, of white-painted wood, of Amenhotepyin, son of Khaamun and Bakri: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd Intermediate Period, late 25th Dynasty, c. 754 - 656 BC reddit.com/gallery/rig9fb

Statue in grey-green steatite of the General and Royal Scribe Ramesses-seneb, standing holding a ram-headed temple-staff: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, probably Thebes, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, c.1279 -1213 BC reddit.com/gallery/ridt7v

Fired steatite pair statuette of a man and his wife shown standing on a rectangular podium with a rough inscription: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, probably Thebes, Middle Kingdom, 13th Dynasty, c.1795 - 1650 BC reddit.com/gallery/ridpos

Portion of relief in limestone showing the vizier Paser seated in a kiosk playing senet: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Tomb of Paser TT 106, 19th Dynasty, c.1295–1250 BC

Pair statue in fine yellow sandstone of a Chief of the Medjai (police) and his wife seated side by side, wearing long pleated robes, collars and heavy wigs: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, excavated by A.H. Rhind, end of the 18th Dynasty or beginning of the 19th Dynasty reddit.com/gallery/ridu74

Baseboard from the trough of an anthropoid coffin, of plastered and painted wood, decorated in the center with a figure of king Amenhotep I holding a crook and flail surrounded by other funerary gods: Upper Egypt, Thebes, early Third Intermediate Period, late 21st or early 22nd Dynasty, c. 967-934 B

Statue of Senenmut Holding a Sistrum; ca. 1479–1458 B.C; New Kingdom; Geography: Possibly from Upper Egypt, Thebes; From Egypt. Medium: Porphyritic diorite.

Mummified woman, wrapped in linen bandages coated with a thick layer of black resin embedded with stone, opaque glass and gilded amulets: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, excavated by A.H. Rhind in the tomb of Montsuef, Early Roman Period, c. 20 BC - 10 AD reddit.com/gallery/qfjbnj

Mummy case in painted and varnished cartonnage of the God’s Father, Pure-priest, Entering-Priest in Karnak, Nehemsumut : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, typical mid-Third Intermediate Period type, around the early reign of Takelot II, c. 840-815 BC

Foods and objects from the Tomb of Hatnefer, including dates, grapes or raisins, pomegranates, down from a pillow, and nuts. 1492-1473 B.C. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71). [4032x1816]

Sheet gold Sandals, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. New Kingdom; Dynasty 18; reign of Thutmose III; From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III; Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Lid of a tall and elegant rishi-style coffin of painted and gilded tamarisk wood of an unknown woman, probably a member of the royal family at Thebes : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC reddit.com/gallery/riflae

Mummy-label of wood with a rounded top and central hole, inscribed with four lines of hieratic in black ink naming Nebtia, daughter of Prince Saitem: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, excavated by A.H. Rhind, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c.1430-1350 BC

Statuette of a jackal in wood, painted black, with eyes and brows outlined in red, probably originally from the lid of a qrsw-coffin: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, excavated by A.H. Rhind in the tomb of Montsuef, 25-26th Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period, c.747-525 BC reddit.com/gallery/rigvp3

Chair of Reniseneb ca. 1450 B.C. New Kingdom Dynasty 18 Medium: Wood, ebony, ivory From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes

Base of the inner coffin, of white-painted wood, of Amenhotepyin, son of Khaamun and Bakri: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd Intermediate Period, late 25th Dynasty, c. 680-650 BC

Ma'at, the Winged Egyptian Goddess of Truth, Justice and Harmony. 19th Dynasty. Tomb of Siptah. Valley of the Kings. Western Thebes, Egypt.

Inner coffin base of sycamore wood, of Nesmut (Chantress of Amun), plastered and painted: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd Intermediate Period, 21st or 22nd Dynasty, c. 1070/69 - 735 BC

Oval-shaped bezel of a finger ring in blue glazed faience, with the prenomen of King Tutankhamun: Ancient Egyptian, possibly Upper Egypt, Thebes, 18th Dynasty, c.1336-1327 BC

A vast assortment of Linens from Ancient Upper Egypt. Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71). ca. 1492–1473 B.C. Rediscovered 1935-36. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. Shirts also make up part of this collection. [4032x1816][OP]

Base of a tall and elegant rishi-style coffin in painted sycamore-fig wood, of an unknown woman, probably a member of the royal family at Thebes: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC reddit.com/gallery/qdx2vv

Inner coffin base of yellow-painted wood, belonging to the Lady of the Estate, Neskhōnspakhred (daughter of the Principal Controller for Amun, Baketankhōns, and the Lady of the Estate, Nesiherib): Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, c. 747 - 656 BC

Ancient tourists visiting Egypt were attracted by a pair of giant statues in Thebes, created in the fourteenth century BCE, near the Valley of the Kings: they were two figures sitting on the throne, each with a height of a six-story building. [850x450]

Stool in wood with woven linen string mesh and legs carved in imitation of those of a bovine: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC reddit.com/gallery/qexmac

Palm fiber paint brush: Ancient Egyptian, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Upper Egypt, 19th - 26th Dynasty, c.1295 -664 BC

Mummified woman, wrapped in linen bandages coated with a thick layer of black resin embedded with stone, opaque glass and gilded amulets: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, excavated by A.H. Rhind in the tomb of Montsuef, Early Roman Period, c. 20 BC - 10 AD reddit.com/gallery/qfjbnj

Coffin of Bakenmut c. 1000–900 BC Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21 (1069-945 BC) to early Dynasty 22 (945-924 BC) © 2021 Cleveland Museum of Art

Small mummified crocodile (crocodylus niloticus), wrapped in dyed and painted linen, woven over the animal's back: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, probably Roman Period, c. 30 BC - AD 395. Votive offering to the God Sobek.

Bowl of blue anhydrite, decorated on the underside and round the sides with four baboons or monkeys, their intertwined tails forming the supporting ring-base: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, Middle Kingdom to 2nd Intermediate Period, 13th - 17th Dynasty, 1731 - 1545 BC reddit.com/gallery/qey1wm

Gold foil sequin pressed into a hemisphere, perforated at three points on the circumference and chased with the cartouches of King Smenkhkare Ancient Egyptian, upper Egypt, Thebes, probably Valley of the Kings, 18th Dynasty, c.1338-1327 BC

Statue in white limestone of a kneeling official wearing a long wig and pleated kilt (face damaged), presenting a statue of a young king wearing the Blue Crown: Ancient Egyptian, Deir el-Medina, Thebes, Upper Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c.1295-1186 BC reddit.com/gallery/qejpen

The goddess Selket guarding the canopic shrine of Tutankhamun, Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. 18th dynasty c 1357 1349 BC. Thebes, Valley of the Kings. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

Inner coffin lid of sycamore wood, of Nesmut (Chantress of Amun), plastered and painted : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd Intermediate Period, 21st or 22nd Dynasty, c. 1070/69 - 735 BC

Shabti box in the shape of a double per-neser shrine, made of wood painted white with a representation of the owner Neferrenpet on the long sides: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 19th Dynasty, c.1295 -1186 BC

Relief fragment in painted limestone depicting the head of King Siptah wearing an Ibes-crown above a short wig: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahari, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, c.1291-1188 BC reddit.com/gallery/qekai5