Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari

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ancient Egyptian temple archaeological site rock-cut temple

The Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut temple at Abu Simbel dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Queen Nefertari, renowned for its monumental statues and richly decorated interior.

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Label Occurrences
Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari at Abu Simbel 3
Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
rock-cut temple ⓘ
architecturalStyle rock-cut temple architecture ⓘ
associatedWith New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
builder Ramesses II ⓘ
builtFor Nefertari ⓘ
surface form: Queen Nefertari
commissionedBy Ramesses II ⓘ
constructionCentury 13th century BCE ⓘ
constructionDynasty Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: 19th Dynasty of Egypt
constructionPeriod reign of Ramesses II ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalSignificance example of royal cult and goddess worship in New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ
dedicatedTo Hathor ⓘ
Nefertari ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
surface form: Ramses II
depictsDeities Amun ⓘ
Hathor ⓘ
Ptah ⓘ
Ra-Horakhty ⓘ
facadeHeight approximately 12 meters ⓘ
featuresStatuesOf Nefertari ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
royal children of Ramesses II ⓘ
hasFacade six colossal standing statues ⓘ
hasSanctuary inner sanctuary with cult statues ⓘ
honors Queen Nefertari as deified consort ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
interiorDecoration polychrome reliefs ⓘ
religious and ceremonial scenes ⓘ
scenes of Ramesses II and Nefertari before deities ⓘ
locatedIn Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
surface form: Abu Simbel

Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
southern Egypt ⓘ
material sandstone ⓘ
nearbyStructure Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
surface form: Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
numberOfFacadeStatues 6 ⓘ
orientation cut into the cliff face at Abu Simbel ⓘ
partOf Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
primaryDeity Hathor ⓘ
relocated yes ⓘ
relocatedTo higher ground near original site at Abu Simbel ⓘ
relocationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
relocationProject International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
relocationReason construction of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ
touristAttraction major tourist site in Egypt ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Abu Simbel temples → hasPart → Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari ⓘ
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → contains → Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari at Abu Simbel
UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments → contains → Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari ⓘ
subject surface form: Nubian Monuments
this entity surface form: Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari at Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel town → nearbyAttraction → Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari ⓘ
this entity surface form: Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari at Abu Simbel