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| New Subūʿ · السبوع الجديدة | ||
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New Subu ' or Subu 'el-Gadida (also New Sebua, Arabic:السبوع الجديدة, as-Subūʿ al-ǧadīda, orوادي السبوع الجديد, Wādī as-Subūʿ al-ǧadīd, „The new valley of the lions") is a egyptian archaeological site on the west bank of the Lake Nasser. The temples of Wādī es-Subūʿ, ed-Dakka and el-Maharraqa were rebuilt here because they would have been flooded by the water from Lake Nasser in their original locations. The pharaonic monuments on Lake Nasser belong to the Unesco world heritage site.
getting there
The visit of New Subūʿ is currently only with a cruise on the Lake Nasser possible.
Neu-Subūʿ also has a road connection, but the place is only via one 1 Branch from the direct connection Aswan–New Abu Simbel reachable.
mobility
The area is manageable, all sites are within walking distance. Occasionally camels are kept ready so that the camel ride saves a bit of walking (costs approx. LE 40).
Tourist Attractions
Opening hours: 9 am–5pm. The admission price is LE 70 and LE 35 for students (as of 11/2019).
Temple of Wādī es-Subūʿ
In Wādī es-Subūʿ (also Wadi es-Sebua, Arabic:وادي السبوع, Wādī as-Subūʿ), the "Valley of the Lions", was the 1 Ramses ’II rock temple
for Amun-Re, Re-Harachte and the deified Ramses II, whom Amenhoteps III did at the site of a rock chapel. built for Horus. The temple resembles the temple of Gerf Husein (Arabic:جرف حسين, Ǧarf Husain), of which only the parts in front of the rock were saved.
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The 109 m long temple can be reached via a processional street that is flanked by lion sphinxes. You walk through the outer gate, an adobe pylon and the 20 m high main pylon made of sandstone, which is decorated with scenes of the precipitation of Ramses II. In the courtyards we encounter other lion, falcon and king sphinxes. On the sides of the 3rd courtyard we see five Osiris pillar statues Ramses ’II and on the left in front of the last pylon a colossal statue of Ramses’ II. His daughter Bint-Anat can be seen on his leg.
Now you get into that Interior of the rock, In the 12.5 m long and 6 m high pillar hall there are three further Osiris pillar statues of Ramses ’II on either side - the design is similar to the temple of Abu Simbel. Then you reach the transverse antechamber to the sanctuary (Holy of Holies) with its two side chambers, and at the back of the antechamber the sanctuary with its two side rooms.
The entrance wall and the rear wall of the Pillar hall and the adjoining rooms are extensively decorated. Here we meet Ramses II in numerous sacrificial and ritual acts before various gods. In the sanctuary you can see Ramses II on the left with the incense offering in front of the boat of Amun-Re and on the right Ramses II with the flower offering in front of the boat of Re-Harachte. In the niche there was a now destroyed group of statues of Amun-Re, de Re-Harachte and the deified Ramses ’II. In Christian times the sanctuary was used as a church.
In 1964 the temple was moved four kilometers inland.
Temple of ed-Dakka
Today the Greco-Roman temple is 1.5 km from the temple of Wādī es-Subūʿ 2 Temple of ed-Dakka (Arabic:الدكة, ad-Dakka), the ancient Pselkis (Pselchis), who is consecrated to Thoth of Pnūbs ("Sykomore"), the god of wisdom. It was originally 40 km south of its current location. The current temple had two previous buildings: a first temple from the 18th dynasty and a shrine for Thoth of Pnūbs of the Ethiopian king Ergamenes (Arkamani), the latter was a contemporary of Ptolemy IV. Ptolemy VII expanded this shrine by an anteroom and the pronaos. There was a last expansion under the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius, who added a second sanctuary (Holy of Holies).
One enters the Temple complex, originally in the north, through the approx. 24 m wide and 12 m high sandstone pylon, on the back of which Horus, Isis and Osiris can be made out. Via the now destroyed forecourt, one arrives at the vestibule (pronaos) Ptolemaios ’VII, on whose facade Ptolemy’ VII. And Cleopatra III. are shown in ritual acts in front of several gods. The vestibule bears similar representations, but these now refer to the Roman emperor Augustus. In the adjoining transverse hall, only the back is decorated with depictions of sacrifices of the king and Nile and field gods. In the right back corner you get to the stairwell.
Then you enter the so-called. Ergamenes Chapel, the original sanctuary. On both walls you can see Ergamenes performing sacrifices before various deities, on the right wall in the second register you can see him wearing a collar on Amun-Re, Mut and Chons, how he is holding a jug of water to Amun and Satis and how he is wearing wine sacrificing the Pharaoh of Biga and Anukis. On the left side there are two narrow side rooms. In the back room, the so-called Roman Chapel, you can see well-preserved representations in relief: the side walls show depictions of sacrifices of the king in front of various gods in two registers Baboon-shaped Thoth who worships the lion-shaped Tefnut, two falcons who protect the king's cartouches with their wings and two seated lionesses. The scenes probably allude to the myth of bringing the sun's eye home.
In the end there is that Sanctuary of Augustus and Tiberiusshowing numerous sacrifices by the king. In the middle there is a large granite shrine, which probably also comes from Augustus.
The temple was moved here by the Egyptian Antiquities Administration between 1961-1965.
Temple of el-Maḥarraqa
The small 3 Temple of el-Maharraqa (Arabic:المحرقة, al-Maḥarraqa, also Ofendîna), the ancient Hiera Sykaminos, the "City of Sacred Sycamore", was moved more than 50 km to the north in 1961. The 14 × 16 m Roman temple was dedicated to Isis and Serapis. The temple consists of only one courtyard, which is surrounded on three sides by a portico. The unfinished temple contains only a few remains of sacrificial scenes. The spiral staircase leading to the roof is architecturally interesting.
activities
Every evening, after dinner on the cruise ships, the three temples are shrouded in floodlights for half an hour.
accommodation
Accommodation can be found on his cruise ship.
trips
The visit of New Subūʿ can be combined with the other monuments on Lake Nasser connect.
literature
- Temple of Wādī es-Subūʿ
- : Le temple de Ouadi Es-Sebouâ. Le Caire: Imprimérie de l’Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1912, Les temples immergés de la Nubie; [5].
- Temple of ed-Dakka
- : The temple of Dakke. Le Caire: Imprimérie de l’Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1930, Les temples immergés de la Nubie; [8th].
- Temple of el-Maḥarraqa
- : Antiquités de la Nubie, ou monumens inédits des bords du Nil, situations entre la première et la seconde cataracte, dessinés et messurés in 1819. Stuttgart, Paris: Cotta, Didot, 1822, Pp. 93-95, panels 40-41.
- : Temples of the last pharaohs. New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0195126334 , Pp. 244, 247 (Fig. 207).
