Nubian monuments
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Nubian monuments are a collection of ancient temples, tombs, and archaeological sites along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for their Pharaonic and later cultural heritage and many of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nubian archaeological landscape | 2 |
| Meroitic temples | 1 |
| Nubian monuments canonical | 1 |
| Nubian temple sites of the New Kingdom | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site collection
ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | protected ⓘ |
| country |
Egypt
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ |
| follow | course of the Nile River ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Abu Simbel temples
ⓘ
Christian Nubian churches ⓘ Meroitic pyramids region ⓘ Qasr Ibrim ⓘ Temple of Amada ⓘ Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ Temple of Buhen ⓘ Temple of Dakka ⓘ Temple of Debod ⓘ Temple of Dendur ⓘ Temple of Derr ⓘ Temple of Ellesyia ⓘ Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of Gerf Hussein
Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ Temple of Kumma ⓘ Temple of Maharraqa ⓘ Temple of Philae ⓘ Temple of Semna ⓘ Temple of Taffa ⓘ Temple of Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ fortresses ⓘ medieval Nubian settlements ⓘ pyramids ⓘ rock inscriptions ⓘ rock-cut chapels ⓘ settlement remains ⓘ temples ⓘ tombs ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria | UNESCO cultural criteria ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
relocated temples due to Aswan High Dam
ⓘ
rock-cut temples ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nubia
ⓘ
Northern State, Sudan ⓘ
surface form:
northern Sudan
Upper Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
southern Egypt
|
| notableEvent |
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO Nubia Campaign
|
| partOf |
Nubian cultural heritage
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian cultural heritage ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Christian Nubian period
ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ Pharaonic period ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic period
Roman period in Egypt ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | flooding from Aswan High Dam reservoir ⓘ |
| tourism | major archaeological tourism destination ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nubian temple sites of the New Kingdom
this entity surface form:
Nubian archaeological landscape
this entity surface form:
Nubian archaeological landscape