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Kushite temple on Argo Island in the Nile in northern Sudan, opposite Tombos, built of sandstone. Tabo Temple was constructed during the reign of Taharqa in the early seventh century BCE as part of the same building programme that produced Kawa, Sanam, and the renovations at Gebel Barkal. The temple originally measured roughly 70 metres long and was fronted by a colonnade and ram-headed sphinxes; its sanctuary preserved evidence of multiple later renovations under Meroitic kings. Two colossal black granite statues of Kushite rulers, identified as Taharqa and Tantamani, were discovered toppled at the entrance in 1965 by Charles Maystre during the University of Geneva mission and are now exhibited at the Kerma Museum and the Sudan National Museum. The site lies on a shifting river island and has been progressively eroded across the twentieth century.
Two pharaohs in granite lay face down on the temple floor for nearly two thousand years before anyone turned them back over.