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.

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 (2)

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 →