New Kalabsha
New Kalabsha is a promontory located near Aswan in Egypt. 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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Islet
- Description: archaeological site in Egypt
- Also known as: “Kalabsha” and “New Kalabsha Island”
Photo: Markh, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple of Beit el-Wali and Temple of Kalabsha.
Temple of Beit el-Wali
The Temple of Beit el-Wali 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.
Temple of Kalabsha
The Temple of Kalabsha or Mandulis is an ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha, approximately 50 km south of Aswan. In the 1960s, in a process that took two years, the temple was relocated under the International Campaign…
Aswan High Dam
Dam
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nile 1st. Cataract and Shellal.
Nile 1st. Cataract
Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between Khartoum and Aswan, 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.
Shellal
Village
Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 10 km north of New Kalabsha.
New Kalabsha
- Categories: archaeological site, island, locality, and landform
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover New Kalabsha from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Hebrew: “קלאבשה”
- 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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