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New Kalabsha, Egypt: Ramses suckled by Anukis, Temple of Beit el Wali

Country: Egypt
Location: New Kalabsha
Region: South of Aswan, on artificial island in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Temple of Beit el Wali
Material: Limestone
Description:
Ramses suckled by the goddess Anukis surrounded by hieroglyphics. Located on the left inner door jamb (as seen from inside) at the Temple of Beit el Wali. Temple relocated to the Island of New Kalabsha in the 1970s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: ReliefsPaintings (Ancient), Inscriptions
Period: Egypt’s 19th dynasty, Iron Age
Date: ca. 1292 — 1189 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby, January 2011

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