Tt391 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Theban Tomb TT391 is located in South El-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian Karabasken, during the reign of Shabaka of the 25th Dynasty. It was first discovered in 1820 by Wilkinson, Hey and Burton, then by Lepsius; it was reopened in 2001. Thebes was inhabited from around 3200 BC. It was the eponymous capital of Waset, the fourth Upper Egyptian nome. Waset was the capital of Egypt during part of the 11th Dynasty (Middle Kingdom) and most of the 18th Dynasty (), when Hatshepsut built a Red Sea fleet to facilitate trade between Thebes Red Sea port of Elim, modern Quasir, and Elat at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba.