Amada temple

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Amada temple is an ancient Egyptian sanctuary in Nubia, renowned for its well-preserved reliefs and inscriptions from the New Kingdom period.

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Label Occurrences
Amada temple canonical 2
Hibis Temple 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple
archaeological site
ancientName Amada
builtDuringReignOf Amenhotep II
Thutmose III
constructionPeriod 18th Dynasty of Egypt
surface form: 18th Dynasty
country Egypt
decoratedBy Amenhotep II NERFINISHED
Thutmose III ONNED1
Thutmose IV NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo Amun
Ra-Horakhty
surface form: Re-Horakhty
governedBy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
hasAccess tourist site
hasArchitecturalStyle New Kingdom Egyptian temple architecture
hasConservationStatus well-preserved interior reliefs
hasCulturalContext ancient Egyptian religion in Nubia
hasFeature hieroglyphic inscriptions
hypostyle hall
polychrome wall paintings
pylon
sanctuary
well-preserved reliefs
hasHistoricalInscription Libyan campaigns of Merneptah
Syrian campaigns of Amenhotep II
military campaigns of Thutmose III
hasMainDeityAspect Amun-Re ONNED1
hasMaterial sandstone
hasNearbySite Temple of Derr
Tomb of Pennut
hasOrientation roughly east-west
hasReligiousFunction cult temple
sanctuary
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicalPeriod New Kingdom of Egypt
inscriptionsFromPeriod New Kingdom ONNED1
laterAlteredBy Ramesses II NERFINISHED
locatedIn Aswan Governorate NERFINISHED
Lower Nubia
Nubia
locatedNear Lake Nasser
partOf Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
relocatedBecauseOf construction of the Aswan High Dam
relocatedTo higher ground near its original site
relocationMethod moved in one piece
relocationPeriod 1960s
UNESCOSiteId Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae

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Amenhotep II notableInscriptionSite Amada temple
UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments contains Amada temple
subject surface form: Nubian Monuments
Kharga Oasis hasArchaeologicalSite Amada temple
this entity surface form: Hibis Temple