12000 years ago VEGA was (almost) the polar star. That might have triggered/reinforced human obsession with the skies.

4000 years ago Thuban ثُعْبَان 'snake' was the polar star. Thuban like Theben? Unlikely.

𓇋 𓐍 𓅓 𓂜 𓋴 𓎡 𓇼||the indestructible star (the circumpolar star)|a'krumm-sţar 𓋴𓎡𓇼 ⇔ Bent:
𓇋 𓐍 𓅓 𓂜 𓋴 𓎡 𓇼||the indestructible star (the circumpolar star)|⇔ Thuban ثُعْبَان 'snake'
𓋆 𓏏 𓊖||(locality) Theben|Thuban polar star 2kBC ⇔ α Draconis ثُعْبَان ṯuʿbān 'snake' ⇔ turban?
𓋆 𓏏 𓊖||(locality) Thebes|Te.Beith=𓏏𓊖+++ Wasted / Wastädt / Gluckstadt / LuTh.UR ⇨ gLuxor
𓋆 𓏏 𓊖||(locality) Thebes (Diospolis++)| THEO-BETH / el Tcur 𓏏𓊖 => Luxor
𓋆 𓏏 𓊖||Thebes| ⋍= ity-tawi ? Two-Beths
𓋆 𓏏 𓊖|-stätt|Thebes|Greeks: Thebai and the Romans after them Thebae. / "the city of the gates" / "southern Heliopolis" ('Iunu-shemaa' in Ancient Egyptian), to distinguish it from the city of Iunu or Heliopolis,
𓋆 𓏏 𓏏 𓂦 𓂋 𓏏 𓎸||milky wine ?|
𓋆 𓏏 𓏏 𓏌||milk, cream|latte TT@tit @Luxor=𓋆
𓋆𓏏𓊖|||GlucksUR ⇔ uasUR Wasser / Glücksstadt / Wasted w3s.t (approximate pronunciation: "Waset")
𓋆𓏏𓊖 北||fLUSH UR LUXOR|
𓋆𓏏𓊖|||LUSH UR LUXOR! / Laster ⇔ luster Glanz vs vice⋍wasted Vice-Stätt / Lust-Stadt / lush ⇔ loose re.lax.ed
𓋆𓏏𓊖||Te'burg|Lushte-burg / …➙1000 / Thebai ⇔ Gebail=Byblos ! / It was also often referred to as niw.t, which simply means "city", and was one of only three cities in Egypt for which this noun was used (the other two were Memphis and Heliopolis) / it was also called niw.t rst, "southern city", as the southernmost of them. / Theben

𓋉 𓐍 𓏏 𓃒||cow|minoktaur / cownt 𓏠 𓈖 𓂝 𓏏 milktaur

"The middle / core"

𒆠𒆗 qé-reb coreba "in(side) / in(to) the core" inside, (in)midst 𒉠 ᶜURUB₄ •qarbal 𓁷 𓄣 reverse 𒆠𒆗 KI.rib •Çerbes 𓋆 𓏏 𓊖 Thebes 𓌀 𓏏 𓈈 <> 𓃭 𓃬 𒌷𒉌𒀪 URU.ni-iʾ UR.Theonibᵒˢ 𓃮 <> Theo Nabu 𒀭𒀝 ☑