Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal

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ancient temple archaeological site religious complex

The Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal is an ancient Nubian-Egyptian religious complex in modern-day Sudan, renowned for its monumental architecture and role as a major center of the Amun cult during the Napatan period.

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Surface form Occurrences
Temple of Amun at Napata 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
religious complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle Egyptian temple architecture ⓘ
Nubian-Egyptian hybrid style ⓘ
associatedDeity Khonsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mut NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith sacred mountain of Gebel Barkal ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty 25th Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napatan kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy New Kingdom Egyptians NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Nubian ⓘ
ancient Egyptian ⓘ
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
dedicatedTo Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavatedBy George Andrew Reisner NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStart early 20th century ⓘ
features colossal statues ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
hypostyle halls ⓘ
inscribed reliefs ⓘ
pylons ⓘ
rock-cut chambers ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
function royal coronation center ⓘ
state cult center ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
laterExpandedBy Kushite kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Gebel Barkal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karima NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCountry Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Nubia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCenterOf cult of Amun ⓘ
material mudbrick ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
notableBuilder Piye NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramesses II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taharqa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thutmose III NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing Napatan period NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryDeity Amun NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
significance key site for study of Kushite religion and kingship ⓘ
symbolism link between Egypt and Nubia ⓘ
southern home of Amun ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2003 ⓘ

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Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region → hasTempleComplex → Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal ⓘ
Tantamani → associatedWith → Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Amun at Napata