Back معبد الدر Arabic معبد الدر ARZ Temple de Derr Catalan Tempel von Derr German Templo de Derr Spanish Derri templom Hungarian Templo de Der Portuguese
_-_Egypt-9B-045_-_Temple_of_Derr_(Published_in_Wikipedia).jpg)
The Temple of Derr or el-Derr is a speos or rock-cut Egyptian temple, now located in New Amada in Lower Nubia. It was built during the 19th dynasty by Pharaoh Ramesses II.[1] It is the only rock-cut temple in Nubia, which was constructed by this pharaoh on the right (or east) bank of the Nile and used to stand at el-Derr.[2] The temple's unique position "was probably because the river on its approach to the Korosko bend flows in an 'unnatural' southeasterly direction".[3] The Derr structure was known in ancient times as 'The Temple of Ri'amsese-meryamun [Ramesses II] in the Domain of Re'[4] and was dedicated to the god Ra-Horakhty.[5] Scholars disagree over its precise construction date: the French Egyptologist Nicolas Grimal states that it was built in the thirtieth year of Ramesses II, presumably to coincide with his first royal jubilee.[6] John Baines and Jaromír Málek also write that the temple of Derr "was built in the second half of the king's reign", likely because its "plan and decoration resembles the Great Temple of Abu Simbel (minus the colossal seated statues against the facade)".[7] Abu Simbel was built between Year 24 and Year 31 of Ramesses' reign.[8] According to Joyce Tyldesley, the Temple of Derr was built by Setau, who is known to have served as Ramesses' Viceroy of Kush or Nubia between Year 38 to 63 of this pharaoh's reign.[9]
It was relocated as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia.
- ^ Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Blackwell Books, 1992. p.259
- ^ John Baines and Jaromír Málek, Atlas of Ancient Egypt, Facts on File Publications New York, 1982. p.183
- ^ Baines and Málek, p. 183
- ^ Baines and Málek, p.183
- ^ Rosalie David, Discovering Ancient Egypt, Facts on File, 1993. p.104
- ^ Grimal, p.259
- ^ Baines and Málek, p. 183
- ^ Grimal, p.260
- ^ Joyce Tyldesley, Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh, Penguin Books, 2001 paperback, pp.104 & 167