The temple of Meharrakka was originally sited 50 kilometers north of its present position, near the village of Ofindina, which was the southern frontier of Egypt in Greco-Roman times. The temple was moved to New Sebua by the Egyptian Antiquities Organization in 1961.

The temple dates back to the Greco-Roman period. It was rescued from the rising waters of the Aswan High dam and placed on higher ground together with Wadi El Sebua temple and the temple of Dakka.

The decoration of the temple was never completed, floral column capitals remaining unfinished, and the few relief carvings that survive depict Osiris, Horus, Isis, Thoth, and Tefnut. There is evidence that the temple was used as a Christian church. Some vaulting is preserved where the original entrance was.

Each evening after dinner on the Lake Nasser cruises, the three temples at New Sebua,

are floodlit about half an hour, making a romantic tableau against the velvet sky.