Temple of Philae

After the establishment of the Aswan Dam, the old and the result of the high-water tank with water, which are construction of the dam, the flood waters of the Nile island of "elephants" and temples for a period of 6 months each year. In the sixties of the 20th century, with the near completion of construction of the High Dam, the worsening of the situation and became the island and the effects on the danger of sinking completely and forever. In the process of saving a great and historic carried out by UNESCO, UNESCO has been dismantling the temple complex, "Isis," the huge island of "elephants" (Temple of the "elephants"), and transfer and re-built on an island river nearby called the island "Ogelka" Agilka been set up to be similar to the island of "Isis" Holy (Island "elephants") as possible.

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This is because the oldest parts of the Temple "elephants" to the fourth century BC, but most of the existing parts were built by the Ptolemaic and Roman periods that lasted until the third century AD (after birth). The early Christians of touches on the island and by transferring Hall main pillars of the temple to a small church, also built two churches on the site, and happened in their time a distortion of some of the inscriptions the temple of idolatry, and they added themselves some of the inscriptions of Christianity, which had not been delivered is the other of distortion and time factors in the centuries following

The organizational structure of the temple
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He built the Temple, "elephants" in the origin of the worship of the goddess "Isis", where they believe they found the heart of her husband "Osiris" (after killing him and made his brother the evil "six") and then on the island of "elephants", making the island so holy .. (See also: cultural and intellectual life and scientific in Pharaonic Egypt: The Legend of Isis and Osiris .. legendary fictional show us many of the beliefs of ancient Egyptians.) Today, up boats visitors to the island "Oglica", where the temple now, and leave them at the base of Hall "Nectanebo" Hall of Nectanebo, the oldest part of the "elephants." And passes northbound courtyard outside the temple, which is bordered by rows of columns on both sides, even up to the entrance of the Temple "Isis", where the first edifice towers. In the central courtyard of the Temple "Isis" no "Almamesy" mammisi or "home delivery", which is dedicated to the god "Horus", and were undergoing an ancient ritual "Almamesy" to mark the birth of the god, and the Kings were eager to participate in this ritual confirmation of belonging to the descendants of the god " Horus. "

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And leads the second edifice of the temple to the hallway and to the inner sanctum of the sacred "of Isis." There is peace aspect Bank up to the rooms, "Osiris", the rooms are decorated with scenes of Nadben, and inscriptions to "Isis" and her husband and their son and the other gods, with - as usual - inscriptions of the kings of the Ptolemies and the Romans who built or contributed to the building and decorating the temple

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And on the northern side of the island "Oglica" There is temple of "Aozhustos" The Gate "Diocletian" Diocletian, and there are east of the edifice the Second Temple delightfully "of Hathor" is decorated with carvings of musicians, and south of the visitor finds booth "Trajan" Kiosk of Trajan and the inscriptions completed this kiosk depicting Emperor " Trajan, "which provides advances to" Isis "and" Osiris "and" Horus "।