Kalabsha

Kalabsha Temple Today

Kalabsha is a place in northwest Nubia (contemporary  Sudan), identified  for  a  fort  and  temple  that  were  put up  by Tuthmosis III (1479-1425  B.C.E.)  in  the  Eighteenth Dynasty  era, the  temple  complex  was  intentional  out  of sandstone  and  contained  a  Pylon, forecourt,  hypostyle hall, vestibules, and an elaborate sanctuary. The shrine was  dedicated  to  Mandulis, a  Nubians  deity  took  by the Egyptians. Amenhotep II, the son and heritor of Tuthmosis  III,  was  showed  there  in  reliefs.  Kalabsha  was expanded  in  Greco-Roman  times. The Ptolemaic rulers (304-30 B.C.E.) refurbished the temple and added shrines to the complicated with the cooperation of King Arkamani of Nubia. The Roman emperor  Augustus set up  a  temple of Osiris,  Isis, and  Mandulis. The  temple  was  gone northwest when the Aswan dam was gave.

 Beit el-Wali:

Beit el-Wali in Kalabsha

Beit el-Wali rock-cut temple was went from its original location by a Polish archaeological team. It is dedicated to Ramesses II, and the gods of Amun and Anukis (among others). It was originally mounted in bright colors, but these were mostly removed by a "squeeze" taken in the 19th Century, the outcomes of this squeeze are now on presentation in the British Museum.


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