About The Great Temple of Isis
We now reach the great temple of Isis, which was begun
by Ptolemy II, Philadelphus ( 283 – 245 B.C. ), and completed in essentials by
Ptolemy III, Euergetes I ( 247 – 221 B.C. ) .
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Philae Island .. The Outer Court of the Temple of Isis .. Part ( 5 )
We begin our survey of the temples of Philae with the
south-western corner of the island from The temple of Nectanebos . The temple
of Nectanebos, which is the earliest temple on the island .
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Philae Island .. The rescue of Philae .. Part ( 4 )
The
rescue project of Philae
When
the second Aswan dam was opened in 1971, Philae – dating from Ptolemaic times
and regarded as the most beautiful of Egyptian temples – was trapped beneath
the waters between the old and the new dam . UNESCO, aided by the Egyptian
government, sponsored the rescue of the temples in an enterprise of imagination
and skill on a grand scale .
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