Kalabsha

E318952
ancient temple site archaeological site tourist attraction

Kalabsha is an ancient Nubian temple site in southern Egypt, renowned for its well-preserved sandstone temple dedicated to the god Mandulis and relocated during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kalabsha canonical 3
New Kalabsha 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient temple site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleBy boat from Aswan ⓘ
associatedWith Kushite royal family ⓘ
surface form: Nubian rulers

Augustus ⓘ
surface form: Roman emperor Augustus
builtOf sandstone ⓘ
constructionPeriod Roman period ⓘ
constructionStartReign Augustus ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Nubian ⓘ
dedicatedTo Mandulis ⓘ
era Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Greco-Roman Egypt
features hypostyle hall ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
pylons ⓘ
reliefs ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
hasDeity Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Mandulis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Demotic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
hieroglyphic Egyptian ⓘ
hasMainTemple Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
hasReliefDepicting Roman emperors making offerings to Egyptian gods ⓘ
hasStructure Kiosk of Qertassi ⓘ
Temple of Beit el-Wali ⓘ
Temple of Gerf Hussein (relocated remains) ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
locatedIn Nubia ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
surface form: southern Egypt
locatedNear Aswan ⓘ
Lake Nasser ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Nile ⓘ
managedBy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
originalLocation Bab al-Kalabsha ⓘ
partOf Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
preservationStatus well-preserved ⓘ
region Aswan Governorate ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
relocatedTo Kalabsha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: New Kalabsha
relocationReason construction of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ
flooding of Nubian monuments by Lake Nasser ⓘ
significance important example of Nubian temple architecture ⓘ
major relocated Nubian monument ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Aswan Governorate → containsTown → Kalabsha ⓘ
Aswan Governorate → containsVillage → Kalabsha ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Kalabsha
Mandulis → majorCultCenter → Kalabsha ⓘ
Kalabsha → relocatedTo → Kalabsha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Kalabsha
Blemmyes → capitalOrCenter → Kalabsha ⓘ