Temple of Kalabsha

E23076
Nubian temple ancient Egyptian temple

The Temple of Kalabsha is a large, well-preserved ancient Egyptian Nubian temple dedicated primarily to the god Mandulis, relocated in the 1960s to protect it from flooding caused by the Aswan High Dam.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Temple of Kalabsha canonical 11
Kalabsha Temple 2
New Kalabsha 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nubian temple ⓘ
ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ
alsoAssociatedWithDeity Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
architecturalStyle Egyptian ⓘ
builtInPeriod Roman period ⓘ
constructionCompletedUnder Augustus ⓘ
constructionStartedUnder Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
country Egypt ⓘ
dedicatedInHonorOf Augustus ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Augustus
dedicatedTo Mandulis ⓘ
era 1st century BCE ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha
hasFeature hypostyle hall ⓘ
open courtyard ⓘ
pylon ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Demotic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
hieroglyphic ⓘ
hasReliefsDepicting Roman emperors making offerings to Egyptian gods ⓘ
locatedIn Aswan Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear Aswan ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of Lake Nasser ⓘ
mainDeity Mandulis ⓘ
materialUsed sandstone ⓘ
nearbyMonument Kiosk of Qertassi ⓘ
Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ
Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) ⓘ
originalLocation Bab al-Kalabsha ⓘ
originalRegion Lower Nubia ⓘ
overseesBody Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
partOf International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign
protectionStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
region Nubia ⓘ
relocatedTo Temple of Kalabsha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New Kalabsha
relocationEndYear 1963 ⓘ
relocationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
relocationReason construction of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ
flooding of Nubian monuments by Lake Nasser ⓘ
relocationStartYear 1961 ⓘ
significance one of the largest free-standing Nubian temples in Egypt ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction near Aswan ⓘ
UNESCOCampaign International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ
usedIn Christian period as a church ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia → significantMonument → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Lower Nubia → sawRelocationOf → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalabsha temple
Temple of Beit el-Wali → relocatedTo → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Kalabsha
Temple of Beit el-Wali → associatedWith → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalabsha Temple complex
Temple of Beit el-Wali → nearbySite → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha → relocatedTo → Temple of Kalabsha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Kalabsha
Temple of Kalabsha → hasAlternativeName → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha
Nubia → hasTemple → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Aswan Governorate → containsArchaeologicalSite → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kalabsha Temple
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → contains → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments → contains → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
subject surface form: Nubian Monuments
this entity surface form: Kalabsha Temple
Mandulis → veneratedIn → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Mandulis → notableTemple → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha
Kiosk of Qertassi → near → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) → relocatedTo → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Kalabsha site near Aswan
Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) → nearbyMonument → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Bab al-Kalabsha → associatedWithStructure → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Nubian monuments → hasPart → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Kalabsha → hasMainTemple → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
Kalabsha → hasStructure → Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ