Wadi es Sebua Temple

Wadi El Sebua, this name mean in Arabic ‘Valley of the Lions’, Its Located 150 Km south of Aswan City, near to Lake Nasser, this site contain Two of Fascinating New Kingdom Egyptian Temples, which is speos temple built by Ramesses II which is now usually referred to as the Temple of Wadi al-Seboua (Wadi el-Sebua) but originally known as the "House-of-Amun", was salvaged (in 1964) and moved to a new, elevated site several kilometers to the northwest, other one Amenhotep III Temple which is regrettably, left to be buried beneath the waters of Lake Nasser.

Those temples were dedicated to the worship of god Amon, the temple of Wadi El Sebou is built out of stones except the sanctuary, and the inner Lobbies which hare fully craved into the bed rock.

Wadi es sebua Temple consists of an entrance with a pylon then an open court yard then a hypostyle hall and then inner sanctuary. The walls of the temple are decorated with many religion scenes and important relief, During the Christian area many parts have been converted in to a church. This temple like most of the other Nubian monuments have been rescued and relocated 4 km north from its original location to escape the rising water of Lake Nasser.

In The 5^th Century AD, this Temples was converted to be Christian Church, the walls of the temples covered with a layer of Plaster, This layer helped to preserve for posterity the original reliefs, There is also an interesting scene in the central niche of Wadi es-Sebua temple where two statues of Amun and Re-Horakhty which stood besides Ramesses II were hacked away by later Christian worshippers and replaced by an image of St. Peter.

With Shaspo Tours you will have the chance to visit Wadi El Sebue Temple on board Lake Nasser Cruises, and other Egypt Day Tours with Shaspo Tours.

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