Mandulas Temple, known as the Kalabsha Temple, is considered one of the most famous huge temples in Egypt, especially in Egyptian Nubia. The ancient Kalabsha Temple is located in Bab Kalabsha, about 50 km south of Aswan. And his visit is often the first blister to Egypt, the Nile Cruise and Lake Nasser Cruise. And some manuscripts and researches showed that the temple is not located in its original place, but that the site of the temple is currently on the west bank of the Nile after the High Dam, where it was moved to protect it from high water and in anticipation of any floods.
The construction of this temple dates back to the first “early” Roman era around 30 BC, when it was built for the worship of the “god Mandulis” who was the Nubian sun god and honored The temple was made on the ruins of a sanctuary for King Amenhotep the Second. The temple design is the most popular design in that period of the Ptolemaic period. It contains a large platform connected to the rest of the complex by a wall, which creates a closed space, and there are also stairs on the roof that provide a wonderful view of Lake Nasser. On the wall separating the courtyard and the pillared hall, there is an inscription by Aurelius Pisarion, the ruler of Ambos and Aswan, declared in the inscription the expulsion of pigs from the town for religious reasons. As for the back of the corridor, there are scenes describing a Ptolemaic kings presenting offerings to Isis and Mendolis. There are also various scenes that show the king surrounded by the gods of Upper and Lower Egypt, where there are Amon and Ptah, and the king receives the holy purification water from Horus. Tourists from all over the world come through Egyptian travel packages to see this temple, which today is considered one of the greatest examples of Egyptian architecture in Nubia.
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