Archaeological site · Egypt
Qasr Dush (Temple and Fortress of Dush)
قصر دوش
A Roman sandstone temple beside a multi-storey mud-brick fortress at the southern end of the Kharga depression.
Where it is
24.5802, 30.7163
Why go
Dush lies at the far southern end of Kharga Oasis, where a sandstone temple and a mud-brick fortress of four storeys stand together. Construction of the temple spans the reigns of Domitian, Trajan and Hadrian, and it was dedicated to Sarapis, Isis and Harpocrates. Visitors see the temple and the fort walls together.
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