Luxor
Open the place on the mapThebes, the No-Amon of the prophets, was the capital of Egypt's New Kingdom and its great temples still stand. The Merneptah Stele, the oldest mention of Israel outside the Bible, was found here.
Names through time
- No-Amon (Thebes) until −333
- Thebes until 300
- Luxor today
What happened here
Papyrus Brooklyn−1743
Egypt New Kingdom begins−1550
Ahmose I (Egypt)−1550
Hatshepsut (Egypt)−1479
Thutmose III (Egypt)−1479
Amenhotep II (Egypt)−1427
Berlin Pedestal−1390
Amenhotep III (Egypt)−1386
Tutankhamun (Egypt)−1332
Horemheb (Egypt)−1319
Ramesses I (Egypt)−1292
Merneptah (Egypt)−1213
Merneptah Stele−1208
Ramesses III (Egypt)−1186