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El Templo de Kalabsha

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Tour Guide, Cairo, Egypt

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Kalabsha Temple
also known as "Temple Mandulis"; is an ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha (Gate of Kalabsha), approximately 50 kilometers south of Aswan. The temple was located in or west of the Nile in Nubia, illa and was originally built around 30 BC during the early Roman times. Although the temple was built during the reign of Augustus, was never completed.
Relief carving in temple of Kalabsha. sun god Nubia.Fue low over an earlier sanctuary built temple was a tribute to Mandulis (Merul) Amenhotep II. The temple is 76 meters long and 22 meters wide in their dimensions.