The Theban Necropolis refers to the territory outside the floodplain on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (modern Luxor) in Upper Egypt. It consists of many necropolises and mortuary temples, the majority of which date to the New Kingdom.
Mortuary temples[]
Deir el-Bahari[]
See also Deir el-Bahari
- Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
- Mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II
- Djoserakhet temple of Thutmose III
Medinet Habu[]
See also Medinet Habu
- Mortuary temple and palace of Ramesses III
- Mortuary temple of Ay and Horemheb
Qurna[]
See also Qurna
- Mortuary temple of Seti I
Other[]
- Ramesseum (Mortuary temple of Ramesses II)
- Mortuary temple of Amenhotep III and its Colossi of Memnon
- Mortuary temple of Thutmose III
- Mortuary temple of Amenhotep II
- Mortuary temple of Thutmose IV
- Mortuary temple of Merneptah
- Mortuary temple of Tausret
- Mortuary temple of Ramesses IV
- Mortuary temple of Ramesses V and VI
- Mortuary temple of Amenhotep-Sihapu
- Mortuary temple of Nebwenenef
- Mortuary chapel of Wadjmose
Necropolises[]
- Valley of the Kings, main necropolis for royalty throughout the New Kingdom period.
- Valley of the Queens, royal necropolis used during the New Kingdom for the burials of royal family members.
- Theban Western Wadis, various wadis scarsely used as royal necropolis.
- Wadi Bairiya, scarsely used royal necropolis.
- Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, scarsely used royal necropolis.
- Wadi el-Gharby, believed to have been used as royal necropolis.
- Deir el-Medina, mainly known for the site's workmen village, which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Their own tombs (which form its own necropolis) were built just outside the village.
- Deir el-Bahari, necropolis for nobility.
- Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, necropolis for nobility.
- el-Assasif, necropolis for nobility.
- el-Khokha, necropolis for nobility.
- el-Tarif, necropolis for nobility.
- Dra' Abu el-Naga', necropolis for nobility.
- Qurnet Murai, necropolis for nobility.