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.

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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

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Wadi es-Sebua partOf Nubian monuments
Amada partOf Nubian monuments
this entity surface form: Nubian temple sites of the New Kingdom
New Amada site partOf Nubian monuments
this entity surface form: Nubian archaeological landscape
Bab al-Kalabsha partOf Nubian monuments
this entity surface form: Nubian archaeological landscape
Meroë knownFor Nubian monuments
this entity surface form: Meroitic temples