Theban
- noun
- /ˈθiːbən/
- It celebrated the Theban triad of the sun- and creator-god Amun, his consort Mut, and their son Khonsu.
Examples
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A scribe buried in one has two names: Raya, typical of the Aten cult, and Hatyiay, a word related to the Theban god Amun.
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The Theban artists created some of the most intricate tomb paintings in ancient Egypt.
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The Theban Mapping Project allows users to explore archaeological zones of Egypt.
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It may have been that he was first out before they fully organized caching, and he was simply put in a little tomb somewhere in the Theban hills, and he was tripped over there in the 1860s or 1850s.
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"There's something about the sistrum being the interface between a woman and the deity," says Teeter, who studied hundreds of depictions of priestess-musicians on the walls of Theban tombs and temples.
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Many Theban temples were dedicated to the worship of the gods Amun and Mut.
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The Theban civilization thrived along the Nile and was known for its impressive architecture.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Theban can also mean a person from the Egyptian city Thebes, so a 'Theban' names someone who lived in that ancient Nile city.
