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Philae: Overall view of entire site

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
View dates before High Aswan dam and removal of site (1972-1980).\u000a\u000aPhilae was an island situated immediately south of Aswan in Upper Egypt, which was the original location of an ancient temple of the goddess Isis, surrounded by associated cult buildings. The earliest surviving parts of the temple date from the reign of Nectanebo I (reigned 380-362 BCE), and it was subsequently extended and enlarged until the 2nd century CE. Between 1972 and 1980, in an internationally financed rescue operation mounted by UNESCO, the buildings of Philae were transferred to the higher ground on the neighbouring island of Agilqiyya. In the course of this work some 300 blocks from an older construction, dating to the time of the 26th Dynasty ruler Amasis (reigned 570-526 BCE), were found in and around the later (Ptolemaic) 2nd pylon. These reliefs of Amasis show that there was already a cult of Isis on Philae in the 26th Dynasty.

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1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Agilqiyya|+24.025278+32.884167|Agilqiyya [Philae Reconstruction] (Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt): Current GPS coordinates for Agilqiyya site.

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before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Ptolemaic', 'Egyptian (ancient)']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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