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History & Archaeology

West Bank and East Bank: Understanding Ancient Thebes

The two banks of Luxor are often described too simply as the land of the living and the land of the dead. That contrast is useful, but incomplete. Temples, royal institutions, festivals, workers’ communities, tombs and processional routes linked both sides of the river into one ceremonial landscape. Seeing them together explains far more than treating each monument independently.

The two banks of Luxor are often described too simply as the land of the living and the land of the dead. That contrast is useful, but incomplete. Temples, royal institutions, festivals, workers’ communities, tombs and processional routes linked both sides of the river into one ceremonial landscape. Seeing them together explains far more than treating each monument independently.

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