Archaeological site · Egypt
Wadi es-Sebua Temples (New Sebua)
وادي السبوع
Relocated Lake Nasser site grouping the Ramesside temple of Wadi es-Sebua with the temples of Dakka and Maharraqa.
Where it is
22.7931, 32.5454
Why go
New Wadi es-Sebua is a rescue site on the shore of Lake Nasser, created in the 1960s when temples threatened by the High Dam’s reservoir were moved about four kilometres north-west of their original location. It groups three temples from different eras: the Ramesside temple of Wadi es-Sebua, built for the sun gods Ra-Horakhty and Amun-Ra; Dakka, a Graeco-Roman temple of Thoth, and al-Maharraqa, a Roman temple for Isis and Serapis. All belong to the Nubian Monuments inscribed by UNESCO in 1979. This entry is the temple site, not a cruise mooring.
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