Near to Aswan on the banks of Lake Nasser lies Kalabsha Temple. The best way to get there, is to take a taxi and then a boat as it is located on an island. Do not try to bargain with the guy who has the boat, I tried it and gave up after half an hour. He has one price for everyone. Even Egyptians have to pay the same price like tourists. Enjoy your ride with the boat and observe the lake, sometimes you are lucky and see a Nile monitor.
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| Nile monitor |
In 1961 Kalabsha Temple was dismantled and moved block by block to its current location. It was just one of 18 temples and monuments moved, in order to preserve them from the rising Nile waters created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. The temple is dedicated to the Egyptian god Horus and the Nubian god Manduluis. It was built in 30 BC.
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| Kalabsha Temple |
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| Kalabsha Temple |
Philae
Philae Temple was also dismantled and reassembled in the wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. It's various shrines and sanctuaries, which include the Vestibule of Nectanebos I, the Temple of the Emperor Hadrian, a Temple of Hathor, Trajan's Kiosk (Pharaohs Bed), a birth house and two pylons celebrate all the deities involved in the Isis and Osiris myth.
If you want to visit this temple, combine it with the trip to Abu Simbel.
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| Philae Temple |
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