Enye yeendawo ezinomdla zokuhamba ngomatshini kwimbali yakudala yase-Egypt Thebes, eligama lesiGrike lesixeko sase-Yiphutha esaziwa njenge Iseti, ebekwe malunga ne-800 km emazantsi oLwandle lweMeditera, kunxweme olusempuma yoMlambo iNayile.
Kwisixeko sanamhlanje saseLuxor. I-Necropolis yaseThebes ibekwe kufutshane nonxweme olusentshona lomNayile.I-Thebes yayihlala abantu ukusukela nge-3200 BC. I-Waset yayilikomkhulu lase-Egypt ngexesha lenxalenye ye-11th Dynasty (Middle Kingdom) kwaye uninzi lwe-18th Dynasty (New Kingdom).
Xa uFaro Hatshepsut wakha iinqanawa zoLwandle Olubomvu ukuququzelela urhwebo phakathi kweThebes kunye ne-Elim port yoLwandle Olubomvu. Imbali ibalisa ukuba iThebes yayinabantu abamalunga nama-40.000 ngo-2000 BC (xa kuthelekiswa nama-60.000 eMemphis, esona sixeko sikhulu ngelo xesha).
Ngo-1800 BC, inani labantu baseMemphis lehla laya kuma-30.000, lisenza iThebes isixeko esikhulu e-Egypt. Ngexesha le-Amarna (ngenkulungwane ye-14 BC), iThebes inokuba ikhule yaba sisixeko esikhulu emhlabeni, esinabemi abamalunga nama-80.000, isikhundla esasibambe kude kube li-1000 BC, xa yaphinda yafunyanwa nguMemphis.
Namhlanje iintsalela ze-Thebes zinika ubungqina obumangalisayo kwimpucuko yase-Egypt kwincopho yayo. Imbongi engumGrike uHomer yaphakamisa ubutyebi bukaThebes kwi-Iliad, iNcwadi 9 (c. Ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX BC).
Ngo-1979, amabhodlo eThebes amandulo ahlelwa yi-UNESCO njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli leHlabathi. Apho, iitempile ezinkulu ezimbini, iTempile yaseLuxor kunye neKarnak kunye neNtlambo yooKumkani kunye neNtlambo yeQueens zezinye zeempumelelo ezinkulu ze-Egypt yakudala.