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 .
Thursday, June 28, 2018
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 .
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Philae Island .. Isis and Osiris .. Part ( 3 )
The worship and priests of Isis
The worship of Isis at Philae was the culmination of
the religion of Ancient Egypt . Two thousand years earlier the Ancient Egyptian
believed that in the beginning there was nothing but a waste of darkness and
chaos . From this, emerged the sun-god Atum, who came into existence by himself
and produced a god, Shu, and a goddess, Tefnut ( Tefnet or Tfenet ) .
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