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| 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:
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| 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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