Nubiana

Cairo EGYPT SUDAN UNESCO World Heritage Center Buhen Abu Simbel "e temple complex of Abu Simbel was not the only one threatened by rising water levels in Lake Nasser. Many other temples along the Nile valley, in Egypt and in Sudan, risked disappearing by being swallowed up by the waters. Hundreds of campaigns were necessary to save these extraordinary cultural heritage sites. An extensive temple complex built on the island long considered the burial site of the god Osiris. "e most impressive building is the temple of Isis, dating from the Ptolemaic Period. One of the obelisks of the complex was moved to Britain in 1818 and was used, together with the Rose#a Stone, to decipher the hieroglyphs. Built by the Meroitic King Arqamani and Ptolemy II in honor of the god "oth in the form of an ibis over an earlier temple dedicated by the Pharaoh Tuthmose III to the god Horus. It is the only Nubian temple with a north-facing façade. Sources: UNESCO | Silvio Curto, Il tempio di Ellesija , Milan: Electa, 1999 | Jean Leclant, Abou Simbel et la Nubie, vingt-cinq ans après , in Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Le!res , 130° année, n. 4, 1986, pages 686-700. UNESCO World Heritage Center Philae TEMPLE COMPLEXES DISMANTLED AND REBUILT Dakka Wadi es-Sebua Amada Buhen Derr Maharraqa Abu Simbel Qertassi Beit el-Wali Dedicated to the goddess Isis and to the god Serapis, it was built under Roman rule and has a spiral staircase in one corner, a unique feature among the Nubian temples. A cultural heritage site rescued from the water