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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Temple of Wadi el-Seboua Alternative Name: Temple of Amun, Temple of RaCountry: Egypt Region: Nubia Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Village: Shore of Lake Nasser
Latitude: 22.793170N Longitude: 32.545350E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Temple in Nubia
Built by Setau, Viceroy of Kush (Nubia) in honour of Rames II in the later part of his reign. Dedicated to Amun and Ra. The temple consists of the surviving set of pylons and the rock cut part of the temple. The outer walls and first two sets of pylons did not survive. The interior has many fine reliefs. There are 2 colossi of Ramses, one upright, one fallen. Two are believed lost. The name Wadi el-Seboua means Valey of the Lions in Arabic, on account of the sphynxes guarding the temple. The Yugoslav/American rescue team did not coordinate well and made some errors in the interior, so that a couple of columns are at the wrong location and the roof beam is now bent. The original location was 2 Km East before the flooding of the area. South East orientation.
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