At Nadura, whose name means ‘The Lookout’, remains of a temple once enclosed within a Roman fortification are strategically perched high on a hilltop about 1.5km south of the centre of el-Kharga.

The settlement of Nadura is now buried and the two temples of the village are badly ruined, but the southern entrance wall of the main temple can still be seen on top of the hill. Thought possibly to be outposts of the large and well-preserved Temple of Amun at Hibis, 2km to the north-west, it is difficult to know to which deities these two temples were dedicated.

The main temple was built during the rule of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius during the 2nd century AD. A sandstone gate in the southern crumbling enclosure wall fronts a courtyard which contains the three rooms of the temple. Another smaller entrance was through the northern wall. Remains of the pronaos on the western side of the structure can still be seen, but the vestibule and sanctuary have now virtually disappeared. The façade of the pronaos, typical of the period, has screen walls linked by columns and is decorated inside with figures and hieroglyphic texts. An unusual sunk relief on the lintel above the south-west entrance depicts a male and female figure beneath a starry sky, but it is not known who these figures represent and they are now badly damaged.

A Coptic church once stood within the space outside the temple and the whole structure was later reused as a Turkish fortress.

Remains of the second uninscribed temple can be seen at the base of the hill towards the main road.