Location:
Kalabsha is situated approx. 31 miles south of Aswan.

Who built it?
It was built by the Roman Emperor Octavius Augustus. It was built during the late Ptolemaic era and completed during the Roman Period.

Why was it built?
The Roman emperor Octavius Augustus built this temple on the honor of the Nubian deity "Mandulis" which is the Nubian form from the ancient Egyptian falcon god Horus.

Explanation:
The temple is considered the largest preserved temple in Nubia. The structure of the temple was like the classical structure of the Ptolemaic temples. There is a chapel suggests to be built on the site of an earlier structure created by Ptolemy 11th.

Another small chapel and gate from Kalabsha is situated now on Elephantine Island, and another similar gate built by Augustus was given to the Agyptisches Museum in West Berlin. The Island has also other attractions like the temple built by the most famous Pharaoh King Ramesses II which is called Beit El-Wali .

During the early Coptic era, the temple was transformed into a church. The two temples of Kalabsha and Beit El-wali were removed and reconstructed near to the high dam.