Temple of Dakka

Ad- Dakka ( Arab الدكة, DMG ad - Dakka, also el- Dakka, Egyptian: Pselqet, Greek: Pselchis ) was a place in Lower Nubia, which was about 100 km south of Aswan.

Here was a Thot temple which has been built by the Meroitic king Arqamani, who first built a small chapel here. The chapel was extended by the Egyptian kings Ptolemy IV and Ptolemy VIII, and of the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius, and expanded into a proper temple. The temple had two sanctuaries, one of Arqamani and another located behind it built by Augustus.

During the construction of Assuanstaudammes the temple was dismantled and transferred to it - Sebua. The temple stands on the World Heritage list of UNESCO since 1979.

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