Archaeological site · Egypt
Kalabsha Temple (New Kalabsha)
معبد كلابشة
Augustan-era temple of the Nubian god Mandulis, moved in 1962–63 to New Kalabsha island just south of the Aswan High Dam.
Where it is
23.9609, 32.8675
Why go
The largest free-standing temple of Lower Nubia was built under Augustus for the Nubian god Mandulis, with Isis and Osiris also worshipped. Its plan runs from a pylon through a forecourt and hypostyle hall to offering halls and the sanctuary, with a chapel of the Nubian god Dedwen and a small Ptolemaic chapel alongside. Meroitic and Greek inscriptions and carved crosses from its use as a church show the many cultures that used it. In 1962–63 it was moved from its flooded original island to New Kalabsha, beyond the High Dam.
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