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Temple of Kalabsha
So called
after the village of Kalabsha which is
located 65 KM south of Aswan dam. ,the city
was known in ancient times with temples, and
later in Greek was called Talames.
The temple
is back to the roman times and was dedicated
to the Nubian god Mandoulis, and dates back
to the time of roman emperor Augustus, later
other emperor have contributed for the
construction, such as kaligula and Trjan
It
originally was built on much early site that
dates back to the 18th dynasty
and most probably goes back to king
Thothmosis and Amenhotep II.
This
temple is considered among the most complete
temples in all of of
Nubia.
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