Wadi es-Sebua

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ancient Egyptian temple site archaeological site

Wadi es-Sebua is an archaeological site in southern Egypt notable for its rock-cut New Kingdom temples, including one built by Ramesses II and relocated during the Nubian monuments salvage campaign.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wadi es-Sebua canonical 7
Wadi as-Subu'a 1
Wadi el-Sebua 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Amun ⓘ
Nubian deities ⓘ
Ra-Horakhty ⓘ
Thoth ⓘ
associatedWithPharaoh Amenhotep III ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Ramesses II ⓘ
category Ancient Egyptian architecture ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egyptian temples

Archaeological sites in Egypt ⓘ
Nubian archaeology ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
earlierTempleBuiltDuringReignOf Amenhotep III ⓘ
governorate Aswan Governorate ⓘ
hasArtStyle Ancient Egyptian art ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom Egyptian reliefs
hasFeature avenue of sphinxes ⓘ
forecourts ⓘ
hypostyle hall ⓘ
pylon ⓘ
rock-cut temple façades ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
hasFunction border and control station in Nubia ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
royal cult site ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
hasMaterial sandstone ⓘ
hasTemple Temple of Amenhotep III at Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
Temple of Dakka ⓘ
Temple of Ramesses II at Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
hasType rock-cut temple complex ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" ⓘ
laterAlteredBy Ramesses II ⓘ
locatedBetween Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
surface form: Abu Simbel

Aswan ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Nubia ⓘ
southern Egypt ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Nile ⓘ
namedAfter wadi of the lions ⓘ
nameMeaning Valley of the Lions ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Nubian monuments ⓘ
period New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
relocatedBecauseOf construction of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ
relocatedDuring International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Nubian monuments salvage campaign
relocatedTo higher ground west of original site ⓘ
relocationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Lower Nubia → hasMajorSite → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
Temple of Derr → locatedNear → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site Nubian Monuments → contains → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
subject surface form: Nubian Monuments
Gerf Hussein → nearbySite → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
Temple of Ramesses II at Wadi es-Sebua → locatedIn → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
Valley of the Lions → hasArabicName → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
Valley of the Lions → hasAlternativeName → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wadi el-Sebua
Valley of the Lions → hasAlternativeName → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wadi as-Subu'a
Temple of Amenhotep III at Wadi es-Sebua → locatedIn → Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ