Temple of Maharraqa

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

The Serapis - Isis Temple

In this place there was a temple that was dedicated to the gods Isis and Serapis. It was built in Roman times, but never really completed. From the temple only on three sides by covered colonnades surrounded porch is obtained. Of a side room is separated with half barriers. The actual temple premises with the sanctuary have not survived or were never built. It is also missing a pylon and inside the temple, there are also very few reliefs. A alone here -to-find special feature is a spiral staircase that once led to the roof. Older plots show the temple pretty expire.

Relocation of the temple

Since his former location was threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam of the flooding, this temple was dismantled in 1962 by the Egyptian Antiquities Service and together with the temple of Dakka ad - 1966 in New - Wadi al- Subu ' restored rebuilt. The temple stands on the World Heritage list of UNESCO since 1979.