Rendered by the Romans as Diospolis Magna, this city was first settled during the Naqada III period, as evidenced by various artefacts specific to that time, when it belonged to the Upper Egyptian polity of Naqada.
Rendered by the Romans as Diospolis Magna, this city was first settled during the Naqada III period, as evidenced by various artefacts specific to that time, when it belonged to the Upper Egyptian polity of Naqada. By defeating Herakleopolis, this city established the 11th Dynasty, having evolved from being the capital of the nome of Waset, but lost status until the 18th and 19th Dynasties when it lost that status to Akhenaten and Pi-Ramesses. In the bible, this centre of the mortuary industry and precious stone trading is referenced as No'Amon, which comes from New Kingdom Egyptian niwt-imn, which means ‘City of Amun'. The city is famous in modern times for being situated across the river from the opet from which its well-known Greek rendering comes from, and to its proximity to the Valley of the Kings and the Temple of Karnak. For 10 points, name this ancient city whose other famous temple complex is named after the city's modern name, Luxor.
Rendered by the Romans as Diospolis Magna, this city was first settled during the Naqada III period, as evidenced by various artefacts specific to that time, when it belonged to the Upper Egyptian polity of Naqada.
{Thebes}, Egypt [do not prompt or accept “Thebes, Greece”]