The Temple of Beit el-Wali in Nubia

House (Beyt) But Dr. Wali, today, is just south of the Aswan Dam, near the Temple of Kalabsha and easily to any part of the journey which explores the consequences of the seizure. The accumulation of moments that have been transferred to Kalabsha during the construction of a dam to prevent buried under this big lake, this temple is the oldest, long time ago, was until now the oldest, but now also the Temple of the cliff Hussein dating to the reign of Ramses II located on the island after it has been dismantled since rescued from the rising waters of Lake Nasser is back in the 1960s. However, the Governor's house, and perhaps even before the temple for a few years. Beit El Wali was rescued from Lake Nasser by a team of Polish archaeological financing from a group of Chicago at the Institute of Oriental Studies / Swiss Institute in Cairo project.


Governor's house is one of the monuments of Ramses II in Nubia, and especially dedicated to Amun, along with other gods, which were engraved on the side of sandstone, and may be unique as the smallest of its kind. Monuments, located here, which consists of Kalabasha Temple, House of birth and Qertassi booth, and all belong to the Romanian era in Egyptian history and the Temple of the cliff Hussein.
This temple was originally located in a remote area in any city. It was probably built for display at the public place of worship, and performing services for the members of a small temple Presley may have only occasionally observed to maintain the minimum. Although the temple was changed during the Christian era, and bright patterns painted on the inside of the structure are well preserved. In fact, this temple is sometimes known as "holy man home", since it was used on the residence of the hermit.
Perhaps the temple was originally fronted by brick tower is not different from that cliff Hussein and Abu Simbel. The temple was built in the cruciform symmetrical, and consists of a room deep, and a waiting room with two columns and an occasional refuge. Known as the Temple of Luxor and the Temple were mostly carved in the rock, except the anterior wall of the room with the door central deep.


At the outset, was covered on the path length of walls in the room with deep arc, while an essential part of this room had left the door open to the sky. Here, in the bas-reliefs of great historical value because it provides assurances from Syria, Libya wall (right) and Ramses II's victory Nubians (left wall). Scenes from the Nubian campaigns also represent many sons of Ramses II in battle, including Amunhershepeshef, the original crown prince, and Khaemwese, later known as the High Priest of Ptah in Memphis, near modern day Cairo. However, in the current era can not be much greater than eight, while Khaemwese may have been only five, so it really, although it was accompanied by his father's campaigns in Nubia, which can not be as realistic as it developed the combatants in the battle.
There is also a record of tributes paid to the king of the Nubians. Interestingly, the pattern of the inscriptions is some freedom in the representation. It is a privilege some mild forms of perspective, and sometimes seems to be humor. While its implementation is very simple, but incomplete, and of great artistic value.


Back wall of the room is very outdated and were subjected to beatings. Here, the central section, the two sides that have been added at a later time, which communicates with a waiting room cross towards 4.15 per 10.4 meters, and provided little more than three high. The roof is stone architrave supported by two north-south oriented, in turn, supported by two strong grooved. Columns are quite unusual, and this type is known as "Proto Doric", with four vertical faces, with the inscriptions, Entasis have a blank horizontal segments at the top of the abacus box.
At each end of the room cross back wall is a niche containing a set of statues of Ramses II, which consists of two gods. Behind the statue and sculpture is a deep religious scenes. Here, in the painting inside the red box has been applied in a thin layer of plaster. A frieze of garlands Khek elements of the walls, and slightly less than the ceiling. And between, the roof is decorated with a series of eagles with outstretched wings.

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From the back of the hall, one door only leads to the shrine, which measures 2.8 meters by 3.6 meters and a maximum of about 1.7 meters. In the back wall of the room, a place with statues of Ramses II, which represents between two gods, and cut into the wall.
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Archaeologists have noted that there are at least four stages of construction that results in this small temple, and possibly up to three artists who hand carved on the walls. During the Coptic era in the early, the temple was converted into a church. Hall became three deep - aisled basilica which was covered with three brick vaults on stilts. At that time, and specialized in the sanctuary was more carvings on the altar.