Temple of Kalabsha

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The Temple of Kalabsha is a large, well-preserved ancient Egyptian Nubian temple dedicated primarily to the god Mandulis, relocated in the 1960s to protect it from flooding caused by the Aswan High Dam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nubian temple ⓘ
ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ
alsoAssociatedWithDeity Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
architecturalStyle Egyptian ⓘ
builtInPeriod Roman period ⓘ
constructionCompletedUnder Augustus ⓘ
constructionStartedUnder Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
country Egypt ⓘ
dedicatedInHonorOf Emperor Augustus ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
dedicatedTo Mandulis ⓘ
era 1st century BCE ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
hasFeature hypostyle hall ⓘ
open courtyard ⓘ
pylon ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Demotic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
hieroglyphic ⓘ
hasReliefsDepicting Roman emperors making offerings to Egyptian gods ⓘ
locatedIn Aswan Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear Aswan ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of Lake Nasser ⓘ
mainDeity Mandulis ⓘ
materialUsed sandstone ⓘ
nearbyMonument Kiosk of Qertassi ⓘ
Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ
Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) ⓘ
originalLocation Bab al-Kalabsha ⓘ
originalRegion Lower Nubia ⓘ
overseesBody Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
partOf UNESCO Nubia Campaign ⓘ
protectionStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
region Nubia ⓘ
relocatedTo New Kalabsha ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
relocationEndYear 1963 ⓘ
relocationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
relocationReason construction of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ
flooding of Nubian monuments by Lake Nasser ⓘ
relocationStartYear 1961 ⓘ
significance one of the largest free-standing Nubian temples in Egypt ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction near Aswan ⓘ
UNESCOCampaign International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ
usedIn Christian period as a church ⓘ

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Lower Nubia → sawRelocationOf → Kalabsha temple ⓘ
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Temple of Beit el-Wali → relocatedTo → New Kalabsha ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
Temple of Beit el-Wali → associatedWith → Kalabsha Temple complex ⓘ
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Temple of Beit el-Wali → nearbySite → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha → relocatedTo → New Kalabsha ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
Temple of Kalabsha → hasAlternativeName → Temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
Nubia → hasTemple → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Aswan Governorate → containsArchaeologicalSite → Kalabsha Temple ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
Nubian Monuments → contains → Kalabsha Temple ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
Mandulis → veneratedIn → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Mandulis → notableTemple → Temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
Kiosk of Qertassi → near → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) → relocatedTo → New Kalabsha site near Aswan ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Kalabsha
Bab al-Kalabsha → associatedWithStructure → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Nubian monuments → hasPart → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Kalabsha → hasMainTemple → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Kalabsha → hasStructure → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Lake Nasser region → contains → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ