City of Amun

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The City of Amun is an ancient Egyptian urban center closely associated with the worship of the god Amun, likely referring to the great religious capital of Thebes (modern Luxor).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
City of Amun canonical 2
House of Amun 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
ancientName City of Amun ⓘ
Niwt-Imn ⓘ
Waset ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Amun ⓘ
Amun-Ra ⓘ
linked to: Amun
associatedWithRuler Akhenaten (before Amarna period) ⓘ
linked to: Akhenaten

Amenhotep III ⓘ
Hatshepsut ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
Thutmose III ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
capitalDuring Middle Kingdom ⓘ
New Kingdom ⓘ
civilization Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
country Egypt ⓘ
flourishedDuring 18th Dynasty ⓘ
19th Dynasty ⓘ
20th Dynasty ⓘ
greekName Thebes ⓘ
hasPart Avenue of Sphinxes ⓘ
East Bank of Luxor ⓘ
Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor Temple ⓘ
Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ
Temple of Amun at Karnak ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Amun-Re
languageUsed Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locatedIn Thebes ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
modern Luxor ⓘ
locatedOn Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
majorCultCenterOf Amun ⓘ
modernName Luxor ⓘ
notableFeature massive pylons and obelisks ⓘ
processional festivals of Amun ⓘ
notableFestival Beautiful Feast of the Valley ⓘ
Opet Festival ⓘ
oppositeBankHasPart Theban Necropolis ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ
Valley of the Queens ⓘ
primaryFunction cult center of Amun ⓘ
state ritual center ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
scriptUsed hieratic ⓘ
hieroglyphic ⓘ
servedAs political capital of Egypt ⓘ
religious capital of Egypt ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusSince 1979 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Niwt-Imn → meaningOfName → City of Amun ⓘ
Per-Amun → nameMeaning → House of Amun ⓘ
linked to: City of Amun
City of Amun → ancientName → City of Amun ⓘ