al-Maharraqa

The temple of Maharaqa

Al-Maharraqa ( Arabic المحرقة, DMG al-Maḥarraqa , Greek: Hierasykaminos ) was a place in Lower Nubia , about 120 km south of Aswan on the west bank of the Nile .

The Serapis Isis Temple

In this place there was a temple dedicated to the deities Serapis and Isis . It was built in Roman times , but never really completed. Only the vestibule, surrounded on three sides by covered colonnades, remains of the temple. A side room is separated from this by half-barriers. The actual temple rooms with the sanctuary have not been preserved or have never been built. There is also no pylon and there are very few reliefs inside the temple . A special feature that can be found here alone is a spiral staircase that once led to the roof. Older depictions show the temple in a rather dilapidated state.

Relocation of the temple

Since its former location was threatened by flooding due to the construction of the Aswan Dam , this temple was dismantled by the Egyptian Antiquities Service in 1962 and rebuilt together with the temple of ad-Dakka in 1966 in New Wadi as-Subu ' . The temple stands on the 1979 World Heritage List of UNESCO .

literature

• Auke A. Tadema, Bob Tadema Sporry: Company Pharaoh . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1978, ISBN 3-7857-0213-2 .

Web links

Commons : Al-Maharraqa  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Les temples de Nubie: Maharraka. bubastis.be (French)
• Wadi es-Sebua. Temple of Maharraqa. LookLex

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae - UNESCO World Heritage Center

Coordinates: 22 ° 48 ′ 2.5 ″  N , 32 ° 32 ′ 50.8 ″  E