Temple of Kalabsha
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 23, 2021 08:12 PM
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History
An ancient temple dated ca. 30 BCE was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha (Gate of Kalabsha), some 50 km south of Aswan. It was relocated to its present site during the construction of the Aswan High Dam with sponsorship from the government of Germany.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/996473998
23.9608438, 32.8676847
- Relocated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Temple of Kalabsha (unspecified date range)
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- Temple of Kalabsha relocated to New Kalabsha Island (AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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Jeffrey Becker, 'Temple of Kalabsha: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/996473998> [accessed: 22 September 2023]
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