Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Temple-Universal·🇪🇬 Egypt Region 12, Egypt
About
About Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 in Egypt Region 12, Egypt is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Iron Age; Culture: Regional culture Temple-Universal; Field status: ongoing; Materials: limestone, plaster; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Temple-Universal temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Iron Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Temple-Universal
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Temple-Universal
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1971
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12
On the ground
Structures & features
30.9881° S · 35.3691° E · 1309 m · 4 mapped features
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 — Principal Templetempletemple at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 — hydraulic feature30.9875° S · 35.3694° E
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 — Altar Annex 2altaraltar at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 — subsidiary complex30.9873° S · 35.3682° E
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 — Southern Shrineshrineshrine at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 — outlier feature30.9869° S · 35.3678° E
- Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 — Eastern Templetempletemple at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Temple 24 — Egypt Region 12 — subsidiary complex30.9872° S · 35.3693° E