Paul Cartledge, in “Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece,” puts the city back on the cultural map, and makes a case for the Theban general Epaminondas as the Nelson of his day.

Get facts, photos, and travel tips for Ancient Thebes with its necropolis, a World Heritage site in Egypt, from National Geographic.

The latest competition – dubbed the Southern Gates of Thebes – seeks ambitious proposals to rethink the south approach to the city’s historic citadel. Proposals will be expected to remove the ‘current ...