Luxor Tombs of the Nobles

Theban Tombs Index

What are the Theban Tombs?

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This is a range of well over 400 tombs on the West Bank of Luxor between the workers village of Deir El-Medina, at the southern end, running northwards for just over three kilometres to Dra Abu Al-Naga.

These Theban tombs encompass the Tombs of the Nobles - Scribes, Governors, Mayors and others that held high office, many of which had frequent direct, day to day, contact with the Pharaoh. The rest of the Theban tombs are those of the workers at Deir El-Medina - the workers village - who built the tombs for the Pharaohs but in their spare time built tombs for themselves.

The Theban Tombs are all given the prefix TT. and they are mostly numbered in the sequence they were found so the higher the number the more recent they were discovered but there are a couple of exceptions. There are well over four hundred tombs of the nobles with around twenty five of them open to the public. Some of the Theban Tombs are quite amazing whilst others have been lost forever. When you buy tickets they grant you access to one, two or three specific tombs. We have grouped the tombs below to match the entrance tickets.

There are many other tombs further up and down the Nile on both the east and west bank such as the tomb of Ankhtifi.

The Tombs of Shuroy and Roy

TT. 13 Shuroy

Late 19th or early 20th Dynasty
for more pictures and information.

TT. 255 Roy

Late 18th and early 19th Dynasties
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The Tombs of Khonsu, Userhat and Benia

TT. 31 Khonsu 19th Dynasty for more pictures and information.	TT. 51 Userhat 19th Dynasty for more pictures and information.	TT. 343 Benia 18th Dynasty for more pictures and information.
There is another Userhat in tomb TT. 56

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The Tombs of Sennedjem and Inherkhau

Entrance to the tombs of Sennedjem, Inherkhau and the Ptolemaic temple are included with the ticket to Deir El Medina - the workers village. There are three tombs that are open to visitors but the third - that of Pashedu - requires a separate ticket.
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TT. 1 Sennedjem

This tomb was found intact
and was opened in 1886
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pictures and information.

TT. 359 Inherkhau

20th Dynasty
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pictures and information.

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The Tomb of Pashedu

TT. 3 Pashedu

19th Dynasty
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The Tomb of Pabasa

TT. 279 Pabasa

26th Dynasty
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The Tombs of Ramose, Userhat and Khaemhet

TT. 55 Ramose for more pictures and information.	TT. 56 Userhat for more pictures and information.	TT. 57 Khaemhet for more pictures and information.
There is another Userhat in tomb TT. 51