Thebes - Medinet Habu
Prominently situated in the plain to the southeast of the Valley of the Queens, against the backdrop of the desert hills, is the most southerly temple complex in the Theban necropolis, Medinet Habu. It takes its name ("City of Habu") from a Christian village, now abandoned, which grew up within the area of the temple from the fifth C. onwards and was named after the wise Amenhotep, son of Habu.
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Temple of Thoth
Some 200yd south of the High Gate is a small Ptolemaic Temple of Thoth, now known as the Oasr el-Aguz. It was dedicated by Euergetes II to a deity named Teephibis who was equated with Thoth, but was never completed. It consists of a wide vestibule and three chambers, one behind the other. On the left hand entrance wall of the second chamber the King is depicted making offerings to Thoth, Imhotep and the deified sage Amenhotep. Only the lower row of reliefs was completed; the upper row was merely sketched in.
