Enye yezindawo ezivusa amadlingozi zokuhamba komshini emlandweni wasendulo waseGibhithe UThebes, okuyigama lesiGreki lomuzi waseGibhithe owaziwa ngokuthi Okumisiwe, etholakala cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-800 eningizimu yeMedithera, osebeni olusempumalanga yoMfula iNayile.
Edolobheni lanamuhla laseLuxor. INecropolis yaseThebes iseduze nogu olusentshonalanga yeNayile. IThebes yahlalwa kusukela ngo-3200 BC. I-Waset yayiyinhloko-dolobha yaseGibhithe ngesikhathi seNgxenye ye-11th Dynasty (Middle Kingdom) kanye neningi le-18th Dynasty (New Kingdom).
Ngenkathi uFaro Hatshepsut akha imikhumbi yoLwandle Olubomvu ukwenza lula ukuhweba phakathi kweThebes nechweba le-Elim loLwandle Olubomvu. Umlando ulandisa ukuthi iThebes yayinabahlali ababalelwa ku-40.000 ngonyaka ka-2000 BC (uma kuqhathaniswa nabangama-60.000 eMemphis, idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ngaleso sikhathi).
Ngo-1800 BC, inani labantu baseMemphis lase lehlele ku-30.000, okwenza iThebes yaba idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke eGibhithe. Ngesikhathi se-Amarna (ngekhulu le-14 BC), iThebes kungenzeka ukuthi yakhula yaba idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, enabantu abangaba ngu-80.000, okuyisikhundla eyasibamba kwaze kwaba cishe ngo-1000 BC, lapho yaphinde yadlulwa nguMemphis.
Namuhla izinsalela zemivubukulo yaseThebes zinikeza ubufakazi obuqand 'ikhanda ngempucuko yaseGibhithe ngesikhathi sayo. Imbongi engumGreki uHomer yaphakamisa ingcebo kaThebes kwi-Iliad, iNcwadi 9 (cishe ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX BC).
Ngo-1979, amanxiwa eThebes yasendulo ahlukaniswa yi-UNESCO njengeNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba. Lapho, amathempeli amabili amakhulu, iThempeli laseLuxor neKarnak kanye nesiGodi saMakhosi kanye neSigodi saseQueens ngezinye zezinto ezinhle ezenziwa eGibhithe lasendulo.