Lower Nubia

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geographical region historical region

Lower Nubia is the southernmost region of ancient Egypt along the Nile, known for its strategic location, rich archaeological sites, and temples later threatened by the Aswan High Dam.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Nubian Nile Valley 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
affectedBy flooding from Lake Nasser ⓘ
archaeologicallyExcavatedBy international teams ⓘ
archaeologicallyExcavatedDuring 1960s ⓘ
borderRegionBetween Nubia ⓘ
surface form: Upper Nubia

Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egypt
contains Christian-period remains ⓘ
prehistoric sites ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
culturallyInfluencedBy Nubian culture ⓘ
ancient Egyptian culture ⓘ
hasLanguageEvidenceOf Egyptian language ⓘ
Nubian languages ⓘ
hasMajorSite Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
surface form: Abu Simbel

Amada ⓘ
Ballana ⓘ
Aswan ⓘ
surface form: Kalabsha

Philae ⓘ
Qasr Ibrim ⓘ
Qustul ⓘ
Wadi es-Sebua ⓘ
knownFor ancient cemeteries ⓘ
ancient temples ⓘ
fortresses ⓘ
rich archaeological sites ⓘ
rock-cut temples ⓘ
strategic location on the Nile ⓘ
locatedAlong Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
locatedIn Nile Valley ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Egypt ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
partOf Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egypt
sawRelocationOf Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ
surface form: Kalabsha temple

Temple of Philae ⓘ
surface form: Philae temples
threatenedBy Aswan High Dam ⓘ
timePeriod Kushite period ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom

Pharaonic period ⓘ
usedFor control of trade routes ⓘ
military frontier ⓘ
wasInundatedBy Lake Nasser ⓘ
wasSubjectOf International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign

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

Kushite period → appliesToTerritory → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Amada → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Ballana → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Derr, Lower Nubia → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Qasr Ibrim → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Qustul → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Temple of Dakka → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Temple of Derr → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Derr, Lower Nubia → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Derr
Tomb of Pennut → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Wadi es-Sebua → locatedIn → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Temple of Dendur → originalLocation → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Temple of Kalabsha → originalRegion → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Abu Simbel temples → region → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Horus of Kubban → region → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Temple of Amada → region → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Temple of Taffa → region → Lower Nubia ⓘ
Tomb of Pennut → region → Lower Nubia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nubian Nile Valley