Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel

Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel This Chapel was erected on a rocky plateau overlooking the Nile, about 40 km south of the Aswan Dam, close to the Temple of Beit El Wali and the Temple of Kalabsha. It dates back to the Greco-Roman era and is considered one of the most beautiful chapels in Lake Nasser, despite its total area of ​​25 square feet. Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel The Kiosk of Qertassi has been moved to New Kalabsha to avoid the rising waters of Lake Nasser caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel The Egyptian Antiquities Authority saved this shrine by moving its parts in 1963 and reconstructing it to the southeast of Kalabsha Temple. It was erected at the entrance of a road that leads to an old sandstone quarry. It was built of sandstone, and it consists of one square room surrounded by four columns with the form of the papyrus, and a curtain wall connects between the columns. Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel The main entrance to it is located to the north and is decorated with two columns. There is also a small entrance to the western side. On both sides of the gate of the Chapel there are two square columns and crowns on top of them in the form of Hathor’s head. She has the face of a human and the ears of a cow, Hathor was an expression of love, music and beauty. These Hathor Columns face the north side, and there are ceiling connecting the columns. Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel Only a small part remained of the Chapel inscriptions on the northwest column, which represents one of the Ptolemaic kings. It was used to place Isis’s boat when moving from her temple on the island of Philae to the temples of Lake Nasser. This temple was 30 km to the south of the present day, where it was moved during the construction of the High Dam. Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel Kertassi Temple Kiosk of Qertassi Chapel