Athens, Thebes, Rome, and other great cities left behind proof of their cultural, educational, and political domination in structures and artifacts that exist to this day.

These conflicts, Alexander the Great against Thebes in the fourth century BC, Rome's destruction of Carthage 200 years later, the Ottomans capture of Constantinople in 1453 and Hernan Cortes ...

The ancient Greek city-state of Thebes had been under Spartan occupation for three years when a group of Theban exiles stormed the citadel in 379 B.C. and retook the city.

Thebes was once ancient Egypt's capital and the cultic center of its most prominent god: Amun. It also was home to one of the largest temple precincts in the ancient world: Karnak.

Performances will run from April 9 - 13; Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the ATA, 314 W. 54th St. New York City. Oedipus' two sons were supposed to rule Thebes in tandem.

Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis contains within its boundaries sufficient of the key attributes that convey the property’s Outstanding Universal Value, as an ensemble of unique splendour in ...