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Ancient temples
The Temple of Philae
Philae Island was a rocky island in the middle of the River Nile,
south of
Aswan. It was called in Hieroglyphic “Apo” which means
Ivory. It was also known by the Greek “Elephantine”, most probably
because it was an important centre of trade, especially for ivory.
The Ancient Egyptians built a beautiful and magnificent Temple on
this island for the Goddess Isis, but the Temple became submerged
after the first
Aswan dam was built in 1906, and it was not until
the seventies that many nations attempted to save the Temple. All
these countries, together with UNESCO, selected a suitable place,
but they had to wait until the completion of the High Dam, in 1971,
which would stabilize the level of the water around their chosen
island. The new island was called Egilica (also called Agilika), and
it was completely reshaped to imitate Philae Island as closely as
possible.
Firstly, a cofferdam was built around the Temple and the water was
drained. Next, the Temple was dismantled and transferred, stone by
stone, from the submerged Philea Island to the redesigned Egilica
Island. Each and every stone had to be numbered, and then replaced,
in the same position, in the new location. It was a massive, and
very complicated, project taking over 9 years to be accomplished.
The Temple of Philae was reopened in 1980!
The Karnak Temple
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Luxor Temple
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The Temple of Deir El-Bahri
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The Temple of
Abydos -
Temple of Dendera
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Temple of
Madinat Habu -
The Temple of Edfu
-The
Temple of Kom Ombo -
The Temple of Philae
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The Temple of
Isis -The
Temples of Abu Simbel -
Temple of The Ramesseum
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