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Egypt Travel - : Philae Temple Complex (Island from the Time of Re, Pilak)

Philae Temple Complex (Island from the Time of Re, Pilak)

Also See Feature Article by Marie Parsons

Location: Aswan,

How to get there:

From outside Egypt

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International flights to Cairo, or via Cairo and to Aswan and . Contact your travel agent for details.

From Cairo By air: [email protected] Tel: +20-2-5750600 (Cairo)

ZAS: Tel: +20-2-2918030 (Novotel, Cairo)

By rail Wagons-lits and other trains depart from Ramses Station. For air-conditioned express trains with a restaurant car, contact Wagons-Iits. Tel: +20-2-3492365.

Overland by bus or service taxi from the Ahmed Helmi terminal, near Ramses Station. Tel: +20-2-3646658.

Cruises down the , with accommodation en route, can be arranged through your travel agent.

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Also See Feature Article by Marie Parsons

Description

Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island) in the wake of the High . The temple, dedicated to the goddess , is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. It's various shrines and sanctuaries, which include The Vestibule of Nectanebos I which is used as the entrance to the island, the Temple of the Emperor Hadrian , a Temple of , Trajan's Kiosk ( Bed)

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, a birth house and two pylons celebrate all the deities involved in the Isis and myth. The Victorian world fell in love with the romance of the Temple. But at night you can also visit the Sound and Light Show, a magical experience as floodlit are silhouetted against the volcanic rocks and water surrounding them. So today, Philae is more fun then every before.

Although antiquities on the island date between the 26th Dynasty and the Roman Period, most of the work is from that of the Roman. This was a time of immense popularity of the Goddess Isis, and this was her island, where pilgrims would come from all over the Mediterranean. Construction on the island took place over an 800 year span, and it was one of the last strongholds of Ancient Egyptian Religion which continued to flourish here into the 6th Century. When the Temples where finally closed by Justinian in A.D 550, it ended 4,000 years of worship of the pagan gods.

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