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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Temple of Wadi el-Seboua Alternative Name: Temple of Amun, Temple of Ra
Country: Egypt Region: Nubia Type: Ancient Temple
 Nearest Village: Shore of Lake Nasser
Latitude: 22.793170N  Longitude: 32.545350E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Wadi el-Seboua Sphinxes. The name Wadi el-Seboua means Valley of the Lions in Arabic, on account of the sphinxes guarding the temple. There were originally walls and Pylons around these figures, but these have not survived. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by durhamnature : Painting from "Holy Land..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Wadi el-Seboua Colonade. 10 Osirid style Ramses II colossi supported the colonade of the temple. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Wadi el-Seboua Sphinx. 8 fine Sphinxes guarded this temple, this being the best preserved one. Ramses II decorated the plinth of the southern sphinxes with the images of African prisoners and the northern Sphinxes with Asiatic prisoners in order to commemorated his military exploits. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Wadi el-Seboua Ramses II Colosus. Note wife or daughter next to his leg. There were originally 4 colossi. Another lies 30 meters away in the sand and the other two are lost.

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Wadi el-Seboua. N22.79317 E32.54535 South East orientation. Built by Setau, Viceroy of Kush (Nubia) in honour of Rames II in the later part of his reign. Dedicate to Amon and Ra. This picture shows 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. The Yugoslav/Americ...

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by durhamnature : Painting from "Holy Land..." via archive.org

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by durhamnature : Old photo of the temple, mostly under sand, from "Monuments of Sudan" via archive.org

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Wadi el-Seboua Hypostyle hall. This hall with 12 columns leads to the well decorated rock cut inner sanctum. Note large hieroglyphs on columns.

Temple of Wadi el-Seboua
Temple of Wadi el-Seboua submitted by AlexHunger : Temple of Wadi el-Seboua Osirid style Ramses II colossus.

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Re: Temple of Wadi el-Seboua by Anonymous on Wednesday, 04 August 2010
I am most surprised that you didn't show a picture clearly of the avenue of the Sphinxes as one enters the temple. This array was most impressive. I visted the temple in September 2009.
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