Archaeological site · Egypt
Qasr el-Ghueita Temple
قصر الغويطة
A hilltop sandstone temple to Amun, Mut and Khonsu inside mud-brick walls, south of Kharga town.
Where it is
25.2866, 30.5579
Why go
Qasr el-Ghueita is a small sandstone temple enclosed by mud-brick fortification walls in the southern Kharga depression. It was dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Its innermost rooms, three halls ending in the sanctuary, belong to the 27th (Persian) Dynasty, while the rest of the building is Ptolemaic. Visitors see the walled enclosure and temple halls together.
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