Temple of Maharraqa

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Roman-period temple ancient Egyptian temple relocated monument

The Temple of Maharraqa is an ancient Egyptian-Roman temple from Nubia, notable for its relocation to prevent flooding during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Temple of Maharraqa canonical	8

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman-period temple ⓘ ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ relocated monument ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Egyptian ⓘ Romans ⓘ surface form: Roman
associatedWith	Nubian religious architecture ⓘ Roman rule in Egypt ⓘ
builtInCentury	1st century BCE ⓘ 1st century CE ⓘ
category	Ancient Egyptian temples ⓘ Nubian monuments ⓘ Relocated monuments in Egypt ⓘ
constructionPeriod	Roman period ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalRegion	Nubia ⓘ
currentCondition	partially preserved ⓘ
dedicatedTo	unknown deity ⓘ
hasInscription	hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
hasRelief	carved reliefs ⓘ
hasStructure	courtyard ⓘ hypostyle hall ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ
heritageCriteria	(i) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	New Wadi es-Sebua site ⓘ Nubia ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
near	Temple of Dakka ⓘ Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ surface form: Temple of Wadi es-Sebua
notableFeature	unusual spiral staircase ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
originalLocation	Lower Nubia ⓘ Maharraqa ⓘ
partOf	Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
region	Aswan Governorate ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ surface form: ancient Egyptian religion
relocatedFrom	Maharraqa ⓘ
relocatedTo	New Wadi es-Sebua site ⓘ
relocationCampaign	International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ surface form: UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
relocationPeriod	1960s ⓘ
relocationReason	construction of Aswan High Dam ⓘ
threatenedBy	flooding from Aswan High Dam reservoir ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId	88 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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 Maharraqa ⓘ

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → contains → Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ

New Wadi es-Sebua site → contains → Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ

New Wadi es-Sebua site → hasRelocatedTemple → Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ

Temple of Ramesses II at Wadi es-Sebua → nearbySites → Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ

Valley of the Lions → nearbySite → Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ

Nubian monuments → hasPart → Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ

Temple of Amenhotep III at Wadi es-Sebua → nearbyTemple → Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ