North Africa
Egypt
Aswan Governorate

New Kalabsha

New Kalabsha is a promontory located near in . Created during the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, it houses several important temples, structures, and other remains that have been relocated here from the site of Old Kalabsha and other sites in Lower Nubia, to avoid the rising waters of Lake Nasser caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: archaeological site in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Kalabsha” and “New Kalabsha Island”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Temple of Beit el-Wali and Temple of Kalabsha.

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The is a rock-cut ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia which was built by Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the deities of Amun-Re, Re-Horakhti, Khnum and Anuket.

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The is an ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha, approximately 50 km south of . In the 1960s the temple was relocated under the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979, along with other outstanding examples of Nubian architecture including and Amada.

Dam
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The Aswan Dam, or , is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built between 1960 and 1970 across the Nile in , Egypt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nile 1st. Cataract and Shellal.

Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between and , where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets.

Village
is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of in . It was the traditional northern frontier of the region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. is situated 10 km north of New Kalabsha.

New Kalabsha

Latitude
23.9618° or 23° 57′ 43″ north
Longitude
32.86662° or 32° 51′ 60″ east
Elevation
191 metres (627 feet)
Open location code
7GMJXV68+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 46034932
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
8425909
Wiki­data ID
Q1721920
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“New Kalabsha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كلابشة الجديدة”
  • Arabic: “كلابشة”
  • Asturian: “Kalabsha”
  • Catalan: “Kalabsha”
  • Catalan: “Talmis”
  • Catalan: “Taser”
  • Catalan: “Taset”
  • Catalan: “Termis”
  • Cebuano: “New-Kalabscha”
  • Dutch: “Kalabsha”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كلابشه”
  • French: “Kalabchah”
  • German: “Kalabscha”
  • German: “Neu-Kalabishah”
  • German: “Neu-Kalabscha”
  • German: “Neu-Kalābscha”
  • Hausa: “Sabuwar Kalabsha”
  • Hungarian: “New Kalabsha-sziget”
  • Italian: “Kalabsha”
  • Italian: “Nuova Kalabsha”
  • Persian: “کلابشه جدید”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Calabexa”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Kalabsha”
  • Russian: “Храм Калабша”
  • Spanish: “Kalabsha”
  • Swedish: “Nya Kalabsha”
  • Tatar: “Яңа Калабша археологик аланы”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Kalabsha”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “New Kalabsha”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.