Kalabsha

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Kalabsha is an ancient Nubian temple site in southern Egypt, renowned for its well-preserved sandstone temple dedicated to the god Mandulis and relocated during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

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Label Occurrences
Kalabsha canonical 3
New Kalabsha 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient temple site
archaeological site
tourist attraction
accessibleBy boat from Aswan
associatedWith Nubian rulers
Roman emperor Augustus
linked to: Augustus
builtOf sandstone
constructionPeriod Roman period
constructionStartReign Augustus
country Egypt
culture Nubian
dedicatedTo Mandulis
era Greco-Roman Egypt
features hypostyle hall
inscriptions
pylons
reliefs
sanctuary
hasDeity Horus
Isis
Mandulis
Osiris
hasInscriptionLanguage Demotic
Greek
hieroglyphic Egyptian
hasMainTemple Temple of Kalabsha
hasReliefDepicting Roman emperors making offerings to Egyptian gods
hasStructure Kiosk of Qertassi
Temple of Beit el-Wali
Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains)
Temple of Kalabsha
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component
locatedIn Nubia
southern Egypt
linked to: Upper Egypt
locatedNear Aswan
Lake Nasser
locatedOn west bank of the Nile
managedBy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
originalLocation Bab al-Kalabsha
partOf UNESCO Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
preservationStatus well-preserved
region Aswan Governorate
religion ancient Egyptian religion
relocatedTo New Kalabsha
linked to: Kalabsha
relocationReason construction of the Aswan High Dam
flooding of Nubian monuments by Lake Nasser
significance important example of Nubian temple architecture
major relocated Nubian monument
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aswan Governorate containsVillage New Kalabsha
linked to: Kalabsha
Mandulis majorCultCenter Kalabsha
Kalabsha relocatedTo New Kalabsha
linked to: Kalabsha
Blemmyes capitalOrCenter Kalabsha