Kertassi

E470145

ancient Nubian site archaeological site

Kertassi is an ancient Nubian archaeological site in southern Egypt, notable for its small Roman-era temple and rock-cut monuments that were relocated during the Nubian Monuments UNESCO preservation efforts.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Qertassi	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Nubian site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance	evidence of cultural interaction between Rome, Egypt, and Nubia ⓘ example of Roman-period religious architecture in Nubia ⓘ
associatedWith	UNESCO Nubian Monuments preservation campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalPeriod	Roman period ⓘ
culturalRegion	Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
features	columns with Hathor capitals ⓘ kiosk-like temple structure ⓘ reliefs with Roman-period iconography ⓘ
hasPart	rock-cut monuments ⓘ small Roman-era temple ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage component site ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Lower Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Aswan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Nasser NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	west bank of the Nile ⓘ
managedBy	Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities NERFINISHED ⓘ
monumentsRelocated	true ⓘ
partOf	Nubian archaeological landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ
relocationReason	construction of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ flooding of Nubian sites by Lake Nasser ⓘ
templeDedicatedTo	Isis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nubian deities ⓘ
templeStyle	Roman Egyptian ⓘ
timeDepth	Roman Imperial era ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments → contains → Kertassi ⓘ

subject surface form: Nubian Monuments

Kiosk of Qertassi → originalLocation → Kertassi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qertassi