Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains)

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ancient Egyptian temple relocated archaeological monument

The Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut sanctuary originally built for Ramesses II in Nubia and later partially dismantled and re-erected near the Temple of Kalabsha to save it from flooding by Lake Nasser.

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Label Occurrences
Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ
relocated archaeological monument ⓘ
accessibleFrom Aswan ⓘ
architecturalType rock-cut sanctuary ⓘ
rock-cut temple ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Hathor ⓘ
Ptah ⓘ
Ptah-Tatenen ⓘ
Ramesses II as deified ruler ⓘ
bodyOfWaterThreateningOriginalSite Lake Nasser ⓘ
builtFor Ramesses II ⓘ
causeOfLakeFormation Aswan High Dam ⓘ
conservationStatus partially preserved ⓘ
constructionCenturyBC 13th century BC ⓘ
countryOfOriginalLocation Nubia ⓘ
surface form: Sudan (historical Nubia region)
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
dedicatedTo Ramesses II ⓘ
dynasty Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
floodedOriginalSite true ⓘ
hasFeature colonnaded courtyard (partially reconstructed) ⓘ
rock-cut sanctuary (partly left in original cliff) ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
hasReliefs military and offering scenes ⓘ
scenes of Ramesses II before the gods ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
locatedIn Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
near the Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
management Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
material sandstone ⓘ
nearbyMonument Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ
surface form: Beit el-Wali (relocated temple)

Kiosk of Qertassi ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
orientation towards the Nile (originally) ⓘ
originalLocation Gerf Hussein in Nubia ⓘ
west bank of the Nile in Lower Nubia ⓘ
ownership Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt
partiallyDismantled true ⓘ
partOf Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
period New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
reasonForRelocation threat of flooding by Lake Nasser ⓘ
region Lower Nubia ⓘ
relocatedFrom Gerf Hussein (original Nubian site) ⓘ
relocatedTo Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
surface form: New Kalabsha site near Aswan
relocationCampaign International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ
relocationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Temple of Kalabsha → nearbyMonument → Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) ⓘ
Kalabsha → hasStructure → Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) ⓘ