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Photographs in this gallery are of Philae Temple dedicated to the Goddess Isis, a relocated site on an island in the flooded River Nile at Aswan including the Light and Sound Show night photos
Trajan Kiosk Philae EG961669jhp Philae Temple Trajan Kiosk Ancient Egyptian columns carvings papyrus Roman Aswan island was established late in the history of Egypt being mainly Ptolemaic, eventually closing as a religious site around 550AD and being located on an island had remained remarkably untouched. Being relocated onto the Island of Agilkia on the River Nile near Aswan, to save it being flooded after the completion of the High Dam, it is perhaps one of the loveliest and most complete classic Egyptian temples to visit with a peaceful spirituality lacking in many of the land based sites. Keywords: Egypt, Aswan, River, Nile, Nubia, Philae Temple, island, pylons, landscape, Trajan, Trajan's, Kiosk, floral, columns, papyrus, unfinsihed, palm, trees, fronds, history, ancient, Egyptian, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, Agilkia Island, motorboat, water, 1996, slide, film, transparency, 645, Bronica, ETRSi, scanned, scan
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Trajan Kiosk Philae EG961669jhp
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Philae Temple Trajan Kiosk Ancient Egyptian columns carvings papyrus Roman

Aswan island was established late in the history of Egypt being mainly Ptolemaic, eventually closing as a religious site around 550AD and being located on an island had remained remarkably untouched. Being relocated onto the Island of Agilkia on the River Nile near Aswan, to save it being flooded after the completion of the High Dam, it is perhaps one of the loveliest and most complete classic Egyptian temples to visit with a peaceful spirituality lacking in many of the land based sites.
Keywords: Egypt, Aswan, River, Nile, Nubia, Philae Temple, island, pylons, landscape, Trajan, Trajan's, Kiosk, floral, columns, papyrus, unfinsihed, palm, trees, fronds, history, ancient, Egyptian, antiquity, archaeology, Egyptology, Agilkia Island, motorboat, water, 1996, slide, film, transparency, 645, Bronica, ETRSi, scanned, scan