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Coordinates: 22°43′52″N 32°15′45″E / 22.73115°N 32.26261°E / 22.73115; 32.26261
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22°43′52″N 32°15′45″E / 22.73115°N 32.26261°E / 22.73115; 32.26261

New Amada is located in Egypt
New Amada
New Amada
Old Amada
Old Amada
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Locations of Old and New Amada

New Amada is a promontory located near Aswan in Egypt.[1]

Created during the

Aswan High Dam
. The major remains are described below:

Amada Temple

The facade of Amada temple
Main article: Temple of Amada

The Temple of Amada, the oldest

Chancellor Bay describe their building activities under Ramesses II, Merneptah and Siptah respectively.[4]
In the medieval period the temple was converted into a church.

Temple of Derr

Facade of the reassembled Temple of Derr
Main article: Temple of Derr

The Temple of Derr or el-Derr is a

Ra-Horakhty.[10] Scholars disagree over its precise construction date: the French Egyptologist Nicolas Grimal states that it was built in the thirtieth year of Ramesses II, presumably to coincide with his first royal jubilee.[11] John Baines and Jaromír Málek also write that the temple of Derr "was built in the second half of the king's reign", likely because its "plan and decoration resembles the Great Temple of Abu Simbel (minus the colossal seated statues against the facade)."[12] Abu Simbel was built between Year 24 and Year 31 of Ramesses' reign.[13] According to Joyce Tyldesley, the Temple of Derr was built by Setau, who is known to have served as Ramesses' Viceroy of Kush or Nubia between Year 38 to 63 of this pharaoh's reign.[14]

Tomb of Pennut at Aniba

Tomb of Pennut, view from the entrance into the tomb
Main article: Aniba (Nubia)

A decorated rock cut tomb belonging to the deputy of Lower Nubia Pennut was relocated as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia. The latter office had most likely its headquarter in Aniba.[15] Aniba was a village in Nubia, about 230 km south of Aswan. The place is today flooded by the Lake Nasser. In ancient times it was an important town and called Miam. The region around the town was one of the most fertile in Lower Nubia.[16]

References

  1. ^ Rosalie David, Discovering Ancient Egypt, facts on File 1993. p.103
  2. ^ Lorna Oakes, Pyramids, Temples and Tombs of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Atlas of the Land of the Pharaohs, Hermes House:Anness Publishing Ltd, 2003. p.204
  3. ^ Oakes, p.204
  4. ^ a b Oakes, p.205
  5. ^ John Baines & Jaromír Málek, Atlas of Ancient Egypt, Facts on File Publications New York, 1982. p.182
  6. ^ Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Blackwell Books, 1992. p.259
  7. ^ John Baines and Jaromír Málek, Atlas of Ancient Egypt, Facts on File Publications New York, 1982. p.183
  8. ^ Baines and Málek, p.183
  9. ^ Baines and Málek, p.183
  10. ^ Rosalie David, Discovering Ancient Egypt, Facts on File, 1993. p.104
  11. ^ Grimal, p.259
  12. ^ Baines and Málek, p.183
  13. ^ Grimal, p.260
  14. ^ Joyce Tyldesley, Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh, Penguin Books, 2001 paperback, pp.104 & 167
  15. ISBN 3447016701
    , p. 272-278
  16. ISBN 3447016701
    , p. 272

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