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The Temple of Mandulis (also known as the Temple of Kalabsha) is a Roman Period Egyptian temple built as a tribute to Mandulis, a sun god of ancient Nubia. It was constructed by Emperor Augustus around 30 BCE, presumably on the site of an earlier temple of the New Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570-1069 BCE).
The temple originally stood 50 kilometres south on the west bank of the Nile at ancient Talmis, which is now submerged under the waters of Lake Nasser. It was relocated in 1970 by a West German-financed operation as part of the incredible International Campaign for the Safeguard of the Monuments of Nubia launched in the early 1960s by UNESCO.
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