Lower Nubia

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lower Nubia canonical 58
Nile frontier 1
Nubian Nile Valley 1

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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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Referenced by (60)

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

Kingdom of Nobatia locatedIn Lower Nubia
Aniba locatedIn Lower Nubia
Pennut tombRegion Lower Nubia
Blemmyes locatedIn Lower Nubia
Augustan wars hasLocation Lower Nubia
this entity surface form: Nile frontier
Amada temple locatedIn Lower Nubia