Temple of Anuket

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The Temple of Anuket is an ancient Egyptian sanctuary on Elephantine Island dedicated to the Nile goddess Anuket, associated with the cataracts and the island’s role as a frontier and religious center near Aswan.

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Label Occurrences
Temple of Anuket canonical 2

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Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple
sanctuary
associatedWith Elephantine as frontier
Elephantine as religious center
Nile cataracts
Nile inundation
country Egypt
culture ancient Egyptian
dedicatedTo Anuket
hasConnectionWith Elephantine triad of deities
Nile flood rituals
hasDeity Anuket
hasPrimaryFunction cult worship of Anuket
hasSignificance border cult site near Egypt–Nubia frontier
heritageDesignation archaeological site
locatedIn Aswan
Elephantine Island
Nile River
linked to: Nile
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Aswan Governorate
locatedInOrNear First Cataract of the Nile
near Temple of Khnum at Elephantine
Temple of Satet at Elephantine
linked to: Temple of Satet
partOf Elephantine temple complex
religious landscape of Aswan region
religion ancient Egyptian religion
situatedOn island

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elephantine Island contains Temple of Anuket
Elephantine hasTemple Temple of Anuket