Kertassi

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Kertassi is an ancient Nubian archaeological site in southern Egypt, notable for its small Roman-era temple and rock-cut monuments that were relocated during the Nubian Monuments UNESCO preservation efforts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kertassi canonical 1
Qertassi 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Nubian site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance evidence of cultural interaction between Rome, Egypt, and Nubia ⓘ
example of Roman-period religious architecture in Nubia ⓘ
associatedWith UNESCO Nubian Monuments preservation campaign ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalPeriod Roman period ⓘ
culturalRegion Nubia ⓘ
features columns with Hathor capitals ⓘ
kiosk-like temple structure ⓘ
reliefs with Roman-period iconography ⓘ
hasPart rock-cut monuments ⓘ
small Roman-era temple ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage component site ⓘ
locatedIn southern Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Upper Egypt
locatedInRegion Lower Nubia ⓘ
locatedNear Aswan ⓘ
Lake Nasser ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Nile ⓘ
managedBy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
monumentsRelocated true ⓘ
partOf Nubian archaeological landscape ⓘ
relocationReason construction of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ
flooding of Nubian sites by Lake Nasser ⓘ
templeDedicatedTo Isis ⓘ
Nubian deities ⓘ
templeStyle Roman Egyptian ⓘ
timeDepth Roman Imperial era ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Nubian Monuments → contains → Kertassi ⓘ
Kiosk of Qertassi → originalLocation → Qertassi ⓘ
linked to: Kertassi