Temples of Wadi es-Sebua

Temples of Wadi es-Sebua
UNESCO World Heritage Site
A picture of Wadi es-Sebua temple
LocationNew Wadi es-Sebua, Egypt
Part ofNubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
CriteriaCultural: (i)(iii)(vi)
Reference88
Inscription1979 (3rd Session)

The temples of Wadi es-Sebua ([ وادى السبوع ] Error: {{Langx}}: invalid parameter: |translate= (help), so-called because of the sphinx-lined approach to the temple forecourts), is a pair of New Kingdom Egyptian temples, including one speos temple constructed by the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II, in Lower Nubia.[1]

Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua by Francis Frith (1858)

As part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, along with Abu Simbel, Philae, Amada, and other Nubian archaeological sites, the temples at Wadi es-Sebua were relocated in the 1960s and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.[2]

  1. ^ Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p. 220
  2. ^ "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 7 September 2021.