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Photographs in this gallery are of Philae Temple dedicated to the Goddess Isis, a relocated site on an island in the flooded River Nile at Aswan including the Light and Sound Show night photos
Philae Mammisi SS981812JHP Ancient Philae Egyptian Temple Mamissi Birth House Pylon Courtyard Photo home of the Goddess Isis was established late in the history of Egypt being mainly Ptolemaic, eventually closing as a religious site around 550AD and being located on an island had remained remarkably untouched. Being relocated onto the Island of Agilkia on the River Nile near Aswan, to save it being flooded after the completion of the High Dam, it is perhaps one of the loveliest and most complete classic Egyptian temples to visit with a peaceful spirituality lacking in many of the land based sites. Keywords: Egypt, Aswan, River Nile, Nubia, Philae Temple, island, pylon, second, mammisi, birth house, columns, capitals, Ptolemy, Isis, Hathor, face, square, history, ancient, Egyptian, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, Agilkia Island, transparency, scanned
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Philae Temple Aswan
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Philae Mammisi SS981812JHP
Upload Date: 2008-12-16 16:17:33
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Ancient Philae Egyptian Temple Mamissi Birth House Pylon Courtyard Photo

home of the Goddess Isis was established late in the history of Egypt being mainly Ptolemaic, eventually closing as a religious site around 550AD and being located on an island had remained remarkably untouched. Being relocated onto the Island of Agilkia on the River Nile near Aswan, to save it being flooded after the completion of the High Dam, it is perhaps one of the loveliest and most complete classic Egyptian temples to visit with a peaceful spirituality lacking in many of the land based sites.
Keywords: Egypt, Aswan, River Nile, Nubia, Philae Temple, island, pylon, second, mammisi, birth house, columns, capitals, Ptolemy, Isis, Hathor, face, square, history, ancient, Egyptian, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, Agilkia Island, transparency, scanned