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  • Temple of Hibis

    The Temple of Hibis is the largest and most well preserved temple in the Kharga Oasis. It was built in honour of the Theban triad which consists of Amon, Mut and Khonso. It dates back to 522 BC. The temple is the finest example of a Persian Period temple in Egypt.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Kharga Oasis and the Small Southern Oases.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Temple of Hibis
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Temple of Hibis
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Temple of Hibis
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 78 m

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    Temple of Hibis

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2015

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    Ancient Temples

    Location

    Egypt

    New Valley Governorate

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    First Millennium BC

    Ancient Egyptians

    Persian + Ptolemaic + Roman

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    Persian & Ptolemaic & Roman Monuments

     

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