Imwe yenguva inonakidza yemuchina yekushanya yekushanya munzvimbo dzezvakare zveEjipitori ndeye Thebes, rinova ndiro zita rechiGiriki reguta revaIjipita rinozivikanwa se waset, iri makiromita mazana masere kumaodzanyemba kweMediterranean, kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva eRwizi Nile.
Muguta razvino reLuxor. Iyo Necropolis yeThebes iri padyo nemahombekombe ekumadokero eNile.Thebes yaigarwa kubvira 3200 BC. Waset raive guta guru reEgypt panguva yechikamu chegumi neimwe (Middle Kingdom) uye yakawanda ye11th Dynasty (New Kingdom).
Apo Farao Hatshepsut paakavaka ngarava dzeGungwa Dzvuku kuti zviite kutengeserana pakati peThebes neElim chiteshi cheGungwa Dzvuku. Nhoroondo inorondedzera kuti Thebes yaive nevagari vangangosvika zviuru makumi mana muna 40.000 BC (zvichienzaniswa nemakumi matanhatu ezviuru muMemphis, iro iguta rakakura kwazvo panguva iyoyo).
Pakazosvika 1800 BC, huwandu hwevanhu veMemphis hwakange hwadzika kusvika pamakumi matatu ezviuru, zvichiita kuti Thebes rive guta hombe muEjipitori. Nenguva yeAmarna (zana ramakore regumi nemana BC), Thebes inogona kunge yakakura kuva guta rakakura kwazvo pasirese, iine huwandu hwevanhu vangangosvika zviuru makumi masere, chinzvimbo chayakabata kusvika nguva dzakatenderedza 30.000 BC, payakakwikwidzwa zvakare neMemphis.
Nhasi zvisaririra zvekuchera matongo zveThebes zvinopa humbowo hunoshamisa kuhupfumi hwevaIjipita pakakwirira. Nyanduri wechiGreek Homer akasimudzira hupfumi hwaThebes muIliad, Bhuku 9 (c.XNUMXth century BC).
Muna 1979, matongo eThebes ekare akarongerwa neUNESCO seNzvimbo Yemagariro Enyika. Ikoko, tembere mbiri huru, Tembere yeLuxor neKarnak uye Mupata weMadzimambo uye Mupata weQueens zvimwe zvezvakanaka zvikuru zvakaitwa muIjipita Yekare.