Dekkah Temple in Aswan

Dekkah Temple in Aswan Dekkah Temple in Aswan The temple of Dekka is situated in south Egypt, about 100 Km away from the famous Aswan High Dam, which was built to tame River Nile. Initially, it was constructed in Nubia, but in modern time, it had to be shifted to a place named Es-Sebua, that is 40 Km upstream the river and now this temple is placed on a small cliff. The shifting mission of this temple was accomplished from 1962 to 1968, so that the temple could be secured from the flood waters of the Lake Nasser and High Dam. Dekkah Temple in Aswan Though now this temple is also famously known to the world as El-Dakka, the local Egyptians call it as Pselqet, while the Greeks refer to it as Pselchis. Dekkah Temple in Aswan Dakah Temple It is a Greco-Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian god of wisdom, Thoth. The temple is located in the New Valley of the Seboua in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. The temple was registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979, as part of the monuments of Nubia from Abu Simbel to Philae.