[1] Created during the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, it houses several important temples, structures, and other remains that have been relocated here from the site of Old Kalabsha (Arabic: باب الكلابشة Bāb al-Kalābsha, "Gate of Kalabsha", Ancient Greek: Ταλμις Talmis) and other sites in Lower Nubia, to avoid the rising waters of Lake Nasser caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
During the flooding of Lake Nasser, the free-standing section was dismantled and then rebuilt at New Kalabsha.
The rock-cut temple of Beit el-Wali was moved from its original location by a Polish archaeological team.
"[2] It is a small but elegant structure that "is unfinished and not inscribed with the name of the architect, but is probably contemporary with Trajan's Kiosk at Philae.
"[3] Originally located within the outer wall of the temple of Kalabsha, and is dedicated to the Nubian serpent god, Dedwen.