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New Kalabsha, Egypt: Temple of Kalabsha
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
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