Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis offers a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.The site includes the two great temples the Valley of the Kings (Luxor) and the Valley of the Queens (Karnak).Thebes was the capital of Egypt during part of the Eleventh Dynasty (Middle Kingdom), and most of the Eighteenth Dynasty (New Kingdom). It is located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile.