• جامعة املنيا- لكية الس ياحة والفنادق • قسم ا إلرشاد الس يايح- الفرقة الثالثة • مقرر: آ اثر مرص القدمية 5 )اجلزء اليوانين والروماين( • عنوان احملارضة: معبد الكبشة • آس تاذ املادة: د/ يرسي النشار •الربيد الالكرتوين لﻻس تفسارات:
[email protected] The Temple of Kalabsha Location The ancient Egyptian temple of Kalabsha is the largest free-standing temple of Lower Egyptian Nubia located about 50 km south of Aswan and built of sandstone masonry. Date of construction While the temple was constructed in Augustus’s reign, it was never finished. The temple dates back to the Roman Emperor Augustus, 30 BC, but the colony of Talmis evidently dates back to at least the reign of Amenhotep II in 1427 - 1400 BC. Deity It was originally constructed over an earlier sanctuary of Amenhotep II. The temple was dedicated to the Nubian fertility and solar deity known as Mandulis. Mandulis was originally a Nubia deity also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis is the Greek form of Merul or Melul, a non-Egyptian name. The centre of his cult was the temple of Kalabsha at Talmis. The worship of Mandulis was unknown in Egypt under the native Pharaohs. Architecture The design of the temple is classical for the Ptolemaic period, with pylon, courtyard, hypostyle hall and a three-room sanctuary. On the edge of the river is a cult terrace or quay, from which a paved causeway leads to the 34 m broad pylon, which is slightly at an angle to the axis of the temple. The pylon gateway gives entrance to an open court, which is surrounded by colonnades along three of its sides.