Thebes in Egypt : a guide to the tombs and temples of ancient Luxor / Nigel and Helen Strudwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strudwick, Nigel.

Contributor:

Strudwick, Helen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)--Guidebooks.

Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city).

Egypt--Description and travel--1981-1999.

Thebes (Egypt).

Local Subjects:

Egypt--Description and travel--1981-1999.

Thebes (Egypt).

Physical Description:

232 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornelll University Press, 1999.

Summary:

After reviewing the topography of the site, the Strudwicks recount the history of Thebes from the city's rise in the late Old Kingdom to the peak of its power in the New Kingdom and to its gradual decline in the Greco-Roman period. They discuss the central role played by the gods in the community's religious life, and take us on a tour of the great temples of Karnak and Luxor on the East Bank of the Nile and of the temples and tombs of kings, queens, princes, and ordinary individuals on the West Bank.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801436931

0801486165

OCLC:

40979913