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Temple of Kalabsha.
N23.96084 E32.86788.
Elevation 195 Meters
East West Orientation.
Dedicated to the God mandulis, the Nubian version of Horus, and to Isis. Started by Augustus in 23 CE over the ruins of a 26th Dynasty temple, structuraly complete but decorations unfinished.
The temple was oiginaly located in the Kalabsha village, 40 Km south, and was moved in 1961-1962 to it's location 1 Km south of the Aswan High Dam by German archeologists. It is the largest free standing Nubian temple. It originaly had a further outer wall, now lost, which also enclosed the Temple of Dedwen as well as a gate, which was donated to the Berlin Egyptian Museum.
Between the 4th and 7th Century CE, the temple became a coptic christian church but suffered only minor defacement. All the best reliefs were on the back walls and the interior.
N23.96084 E32.86788.
Elevation 195 Meters
East West Orientation.
Dedicated to the God mandulis, the Nubian version of Horus, and to Isis. Started by Augustus in 23 CE over the ruins of a 26th Dynasty temple, structuraly complete but decorations unfinished.
The temple was oiginaly located in the Kalabsha village, 40 Km south, and was moved in 1961-1962 to it's location 1 Km south of the Aswan High Dam by German archeologists. It is the largest free standing Nubian temple. It originaly had a further outer wall, now lost, which also enclosed the Temple of Dedwen as well as a gate, which was donated to the Berlin Egyptian Museum.
Between the 4th and 7th Century CE, the temple became a coptic christian church but suffered only minor defacement. All the best reliefs were on the back walls and the interior.
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