Temple of Ramesses II at Derr

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ancient Egyptian temple archaeological site rock-cut temple

The Temple of Ramesses II at Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Nubia dedicated to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its reliefs glorifying the reign of Ramesses II.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Temple of Ramesses II at Derr canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ rock-cut temple ⓘ
approximateConstructionCentury	13th century BCE ⓘ
architecturalType	speos ⓘ
associatedWith	Nubian campaign of Ramesses II ⓘ solar cult of Ra-Horakhty ⓘ
builtBy	Ramesses II ⓘ
commissionedBy	Ramesses II ⓘ
constructionDate	reign of Ramesses II ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culture	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
dedicatedTo	Amun ⓘ surface form: Amun-Ra Ptah ⓘ Ra ⓘ Ra-Horakhty ⓘ Ramesses II ⓘ surface form: Ramesses II (deified)
dynasty	Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: 19th Dynasty of Egypt
function	cult temple ⓘ royal propaganda monument ⓘ
hasFeature	forecourt ⓘ hypostyle hall ⓘ reliefs of military victories ⓘ rock-cut sanctuary ⓘ royal offering scenes ⓘ solar cult imagery ⓘ
hasReliefDepicting	Ramesses II ⓘ surface form: Ramesses II before Ra-Horakhty Ramesses II smiting enemies ⓘ offering scenes to Amun-Ra ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument of Egypt ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
locatedIn	Aswan Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Nubia ⓘ
locatedNear	Second Cataract of the Nile ⓘ
locatedOn	east bank of the Nile ⓘ
material	sandstone ⓘ
notableFor	reliefs glorifying the reign of Ramesses II ⓘ
oftenComparedTo	Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
originalLocation	Derr, Lower Nubia ⓘ
partOf	Nubian temples of Ramesses II ⓘ
period	New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
relocatedTo	Derr, Lower Nubia ⓘ surface form: New Derr (near Amada, Egypt)
relocationCampaign	International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign
relocationPeriod	1960s ⓘ
subjectOf	Egyptological research ⓘ
writingSystem	hieroglyphs ⓘ

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

Temple of Derr → alsoKnownAs → Temple of Ramesses II at Derr ⓘ

state temples of Ramesses II → hasPart → Temple of Ramesses II at Derr ⓘ