Temple of Hibis

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The Temple of Hibis is a well-preserved ancient Egyptian temple in Egypt’s Western Desert, notable for its Persian-period reliefs and inscriptions.

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Label Occurrences
Temple of Hibis canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Cambyses II ⓘ
Darius I ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia
condition well-preserved ⓘ
constructionBegan 26th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
reign of Psamtik II ⓘ
constructionCompleted 27th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
Achaemenid Persian period in Egypt ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
dedicatedTo Amun ⓘ
Amun-Re ⓘ
linked to: Amun

Khonsu ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
discoveredBy European travelers in the 19th century ⓘ
era 6th–5th century BCE ⓘ
function cult center of Amun in Kharga Oasis ⓘ
religious sanctuary ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Egyptian ⓘ
Persian-period Egyptian ⓘ
hasDepictionOf Amun in various forms ⓘ
Persian king as pharaoh ⓘ
hasFeature Greek and Demotic graffiti ⓘ
decorated relief scenes of Egyptian deities ⓘ
hypostyle hall ⓘ
processional way ⓘ
pylon ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Demotic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
hieratic ⓘ
hieroglyphic ⓘ
hasReliefStyle Late Period Egyptian relief ⓘ
heritageStatus protected archaeological monument of Egypt ⓘ
locatedIn Kharga Oasis ⓘ
New Valley Governorate ⓘ
Western Desert ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
near modern town of Kharga ⓘ
notableFor Achaemenid royal cartouches ⓘ
Persian-period inscriptions ⓘ
well-preserved reliefs ⓘ
partOf oasis temple network of Western Desert ⓘ
period Late Period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
surveyedBy American archaeological missions ⓘ
Egypt Exploration Fund ⓘ
usedUntil Ptolemaic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ

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

Kharga Oasis → hasArchaeologicalSite → Temple of Hibis ⓘ