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Facing an amphitheater auditorium is a fixed décor of classical Roman statuary and columns that looks far deeper than its 4 m (14 ft), a permanent stage “curtain” of trompe l’oeil depicting the ancient streets of Thebes.
Thebes held onto power until the 12th Dynasty, when its first king, Amenemhet Iwho reigned between 1980–1951 b.c. established a capital near Memphis.
Built to hold festivities during his visits from Thebes, the Ramesseum was decorated with majestic statues of the Pharaoh, and the pylon depicts him triumphant at the Battle of Qadesh when he quashed the Hittites.
Then, after Alexander’s death in 323 b.c. , Cleomenes took control of the country under the name Ptolemy I. The new city of Alexandria, located on the Mediterranean coast, became the base for the Ptolemaic control of Egypt and the cultural capital of Europe, and Thebes finally lost its influence.
The tomb was abandoned when Amenophis abandoned Thebes and made a new capital at Tell el-Amarna to the north.