Temple of Khnum

Temple of Khnum is an archaeological site in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Temple of Khnum is situated nearby to the archaeological site Late Khnum Temple Main Entrance, as well as near Gateway of Amenhotep II.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aswan Museum and Elephantine.

Aswan Museum

Museum

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Aswan Museum is a museum in Elephantine, located on the south-eastern side of Aswan, Egypt. It was set up in 1912 by the British Egyptologist Cecil Mallaby Firth.

Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".

Pyramid of Elefantine

The pyramid of Elephantine is part of a group of seven very similar small step pyramids, along with the pyramids at Edfu South, el-Kula, Naqada, Zawyet el-Maiyitin, Seila, and Sinki. Pyramid of Elefantine is situated 160 metres northwest of Temple of Khnum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.

Aswan

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Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.

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 4 km south of Temple of Khnum.

Temple of Khnum

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

24.08443° or 24° 5′ 4″ north

Longitude

32.88631° or 32° 53′ 11″ east

Open location code

7GPJ3VMP+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 554848965

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Temple of Khnum” goes by many names.

Arabic: “معبد خنوم”
French: “Temple de Khnum”
German: “Tempel des Chnum”
Spanish: “Templo de Khnum”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gateway of Amenhotep II and Late Khnum Temple Main Entrance.

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