Amada

Amada was a Nubian village, which was located about 180 km south of Aswan. The name Amada is nowadays used mostly for the temple located there.

The temple

This place was an ancient Egyptian temple of the New Kingdom, which was dedicated to Amun- Re and Re - Harachte. The temple was built by Tuthmosis III. established and expanded IV of Amenhotep II and Thutmose. To rescue from flooding by the resulting consequence of the Aswan High Dam Lake Nasser Temples of 1964/65 was located on a 2.6- km inland from its former location and offset 65 m elevated place under the direction of French engineers. In order not to jeopardize the delicate reliefs of the temple with a possible decomposition of the temple, it was decided to transfer the temple as a whole. First, the foundations were underpinned by a concrete slab. Simultaneously, a corset was placed around the building, which was eventually moved by a rail structure slowly to its new location. This is dealt a total of 800 -ton block with a daily distance traveled of about 50 m.

In Christian times the temple has been rebuilt into a church whose paintings were on display in the 18th century. The description of these paintings by the traveler Frederic Louis North from 1738 are among the oldest mentions Christian Nubian wall painting in modern times.

The temple stands on the World Heritage list of UNESCO since 1979.