🏛️ Qasr el-Sagha (“Fortress of Gold”) is a seven-chamber temple in the desert north of Lake Qarun, in Egypt’s Faiyum region and the Qarun Lake Protected Area. Its roughly 180 m² of limestone-and-sandstone masonry uses massive blocks fitted without mortar and inward-leaning walls reminiscent of Old Kingdom construction. Archaeological and architectural evidence dates it to the later Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BCE). First noted in 1884, it was excavated in 1928 by Gertrude Caton-Thompson and Elinor Wight Gardner. The video argues for a 3700 BC cyclopean temple with links to ancient Peru; that interpretation is not supported by the site’s archaeological dating. 🪨
Qasr el-Sagha: a Middle Kingdom temple in Egypt's northern Faiyum Desert
Lost Civilization
Site mentioned
📍 Casa El Saga
Key facts
- Qasr el-Sagha is a roughly 180-square-metre rectangular temple with seven chambers in the desert north of Lake Qarun, within the Qarun Lake Protected Area.
- It was built from large limestone and sandstone blocks set without mortar; its inward-leaning masonry recalls Old Kingdom construction.
- Archaeological and architectural evidence places the temple in the later Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BCE), not 3700 BC.
- The site was first noted in 1884 and excavated in 1928 by Gertrude Caton-Thompson and Elinor Wight Gardner; its entrance faces south.
- The video argues that the temple is a 3700 BC cyclopean megalithic structure comparable to ancient Peru; the evidence for Qasr el-Sagha does not support that theory.
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