The Temple of Kalabsha, from the time of Augustus, was dedicated to the Nubian od Mandulis. Its size has earned it the nickname "Karnak Of Nubiad' It was constructed upon the ruins of an earlier temple by Amenhotep Il (18th Dy_nasty) at a site near Bab el-Kalabsha, which was þeyend the southern border of Ancient Egypt, in Lower Nubia. Following the construction of the High Dam, it was tranferred to its present location, on the west bank of the Nile, some ten kilometers south of the dam. The project was sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany, in collaboration with the Egyptian authorities.
Besides Mandulis, (a falcon god assimilated to Horus), there was a definite cult of the goddess Isis which had connections with her main temple at Philae. Other gods, such as Horus, Osiris and the Nubian god Dedoun are also present in the temple.
The plan conforms with the traditional architecture of the Graeco-Roman temples of Egypt, but the linearity of the main axis is distorted by a slight deviation of the pylon, stemming from an error of construction. A traditional mammisi (birth house) with Hathoric capitals is situated in the southwestern corner of the precinct. Its naos was hewn into the rock. The remains of an earlier chapel, in the northeastern corner, bear scenes depicting Ptolemy V Below: For (Epiphanes) offering to the gods.