Kalabsha Der größte Tempel Nubiens und das Abenteuer seiner Rettung. 78 farbige und einfarbige Abbildungen sowie 9 Pläne auf Kunstdrucktafeln und eine Kartenskizze. msx

Wiesbaden: F. A. Brockhaus, 1965. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/No . Demy folio, [27.75cm/10.75inches], full gilt-embossed light gray cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 119, indexed. Illustrated with 66 b-w halftone plates, schematics, &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Temple of Kalabsha is an ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha (Gate of Kalabsha), approximately 50 km south of Aswan. ... With help from Germany, the temple of Kalabsha was relocated after the Aswan High Dam was built, to protect it from rising waters on Lake Nasser. The temple was moved to a site, located just south of the Aswan High Dam. The process of moving the temple took more than two years. The temple of Kalabsha was the largest free-standing temple of Egyptian Nubia (after Abu Simbel) to be moved and erected at a new site. Although the building was never completed, it "is regarded as one of the best examples of Egyptian architecture in Nubia." In 1971, Egypt bestowed one of the temple's gates to the Federal Republic of Germany out of gratitude for Germany’s participation in the rescue of the Nubian temples. Since 1977 the gate has been located in the annex of West Berlin's Egyptian Museum in Berlin-Charlottenburg. The gate will be moved to become the monumental entrance to the fourth wing of the Pergamon museum in Berlin, which is currently being constructed.