Country: Egypt Location: New Kalabsha Region: South of Aswan, on artificial island in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Temple of Kalabsha Material: Limestone Description: The Temple Kalabsha—dedicated to the sun god Mandulis and built by Emperor Augustus—as seen from Lake Nasser. Temple relocated to the Island of New Kalabsha in the 1970s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Archaeological Feature, Archaeological Site Period:Roman Date: ca. 30 BCE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
Country: Egypt Location: Philae Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Room 1 of the Main Temple (Temple of Isis) Material: Limestone Description: Room 1 (Holy of Holies) of the Main Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Archaeological Feature, Reliefs Period:Hellenistic Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
New Kalabsha, Egypt: Hathor Columns, Kiosk of Kertassi
Country: Egypt Location: New Kalabsha Region: South of Aswan, on artificial island in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Kiosk of Kertassi (or Qertassi) Material: Limestone Description: Two Hathor columns from the Kiosk of Kertassi. Exact age and function of the Kiosk are unclear—likely early Roman and associated with an unpreserved smaller temple. The Kiosk (composed of four surviving papyrus columns and two Hathor columns at the entrance) was relocated to the Isalnd of New Kalabsha in the 1970s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Reliefs, Archaeological Features, Statues Type: Columns Period:Early Roman Date: ca. 1st c BCE – 1st c CE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
Country: Egypt Location: Philae Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Hathor Temple Material: Limestone Description: Block depicting the god Bes, located in forecourt of Hathor Temple, at Philae in Egypt. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Reliefs, Archaeological Feature Period:Hellenistic Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
Tell Abu Shusha, Israel: 3D Model of Fortification Walls
Country: Israel Location:Tell Abu Shusha
Description: 3D interactive model of the northwest corner of Tell Abu Shusha, where a massive fortification wall has eroded out of the site. Possibly from the time of Herod. Data acquired 2017-06-12 by Adam Prins. Category:3D Models, Archaeological Feature Type: Fortification Walls Period: Possibly Roman Date: ca. 72 – 1 BCE Courtesy of: Jezreel Valley Regional Project Credit: Matthew J. Adams, October 2019
