• The Philae temple complex (/ˈfaɪliː/; Greek: Φιλαί or Φιλή and Πιλάχ, Arabic: فيلة  Egyptian Arabic: [fiːlæ], Egyptian: p3-jw-rķ' or 'pA-jw-rq; Coptic:...
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    submerging, the Philae temple complex which had been built on the island, was moved to Agilkia Island. Until 1974, the ruins of temples and an ancient...
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    hieroglyphs, carved on 24 August 394 AD. The inscription, carved in the temple of Philae in southern Egypt, was created by a priest named Nesmeterakhem (or...
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    including the temple complex of Philae. The height of the dam was raised twice, from 1907 to 1912 and from 1929 to 1934, and the island of Philae was nearly...
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    the Temple of Isis in Philae, serving as a monumental gateway to the temple complex Winged sun on a cavetto from the Medinet Habu temple complex. The...
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    inscriptions at Philae.: 67  "Arqamani constructed a small entrance hall to the temple built by Ptolemy IV at Pselchis and constructed a temple at Philae to which...
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    Agilkia Island (category Philae)
    ancient Egyptian temple complex of Philae. Partially to completely flooded by the old dam's construction in 1902, the Philae complex was dismantled and...
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    Egypt is also Nubian in origin. He maintained that Nubia developed its own complex, Dynastic culture that was not an imitation of Egypt and that both emerging...
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    inscription of the Temple of Amun at Meroe Found in 2012 by the Sudanese–Canadian Mission", Sudan and Nubia 21: 144–147 (appendix to "The Amun Temple at Meroe Revisited"...
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    inscriptions at Philae.: 67  "Arqamani constructed a small entrance hall to the temple built by Ptolemy IV at selchis and constructed a temple at Philae to which...
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    Elephantine (section Temples)
    "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" (despite Elephantine being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae). The island has been studied through...
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    Karnak (redirect from Karnak Temple Complex)
    Luxor temple, the Colossi of Memnon, Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and others. Karnak ("Carnac") as a village name, and name of the complex, is first...
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    The temple was originally built on the island of Philae, near the lower Aswan Dam, and served as main entrance to the Philae Island Temple Complex from...
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    the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae; these are the Old and Middle Kingdom tombs of Qubbet el-Hawa, the town...
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    a second set of hands with her. In the north-front reliefs of the Lion Temple in Naqa she appears together with Isis, Mut, Hathor and Satet. Compared...
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    Many rich Kushites took to worshipping Egyptian gods and built temples for them. The temples remained centres of official religious worship until the coming...
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    Archaeology University of Warsaw. The Abu Simbel complex, and other relocated temples from Nubian sites such as Philae, Amada, Wadi es-Sebua, are part of the UNESCO...
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    and were indeed depicted as golden stars on the roofs of many tombs and temples. The process by which a ka became an akh was not automatic upon death;...
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  • May 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2011. "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020...
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    well-preserved temples in Upper Egypt date from this era, such as the Temple of Edfu, the Temple of Kom Ombo, and the Philae temple complex. While temple architecture...
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    Yahweh Temples Faras Cathedral Kulubnarti church Monastery in Ghazali Philae temple complex Qasr Ibrim Qustul Semna Temple of Amun (Jebel Barkal) Temple of...
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    were often built in the immediate vicinity of temples, for example the Great Hafir near the Lion Temple in Musawwarat es-Sufra. 800 ancient and modern...
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    one of several temples built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom, including the Dendera Temple complex, Esna, the Temple of Kom Ombo, and Philae. Its size reflects...
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    Yahweh Temples Faras Cathedral Kulubnarti church Monastery in Ghazali Philae temple complex Qasr Ibrim Qustul Semna Temple of Amun (Jebel Barkal) Temple of...
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    Yahweh Temples Faras Cathedral Kulubnarti church Monastery in Ghazali Philae temple complex Qasr Ibrim Qustul Semna Temple of Amun (Jebel Barkal) Temple of...
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    Monuments of Nubia, along with Abu Simbel, Philae, Amada, and other Nubian archaeological sites, the temples at Wadi es-Sebua were relocated in the 1960s...
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    halls). These are exemplified by the complexes of the Ajanta Caves and the Ellora Caves (Maharashtra). The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya in Bihar is another...
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    Roman Egypt (section Temples)
    Ombo, Luxor, Philae and at the Temple of Shenhur.: 13  Claudius's patronage is recorded at Aswan, Athribis, Esna, Kom Ombo, and at Philae.: 13  Nero is...
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    Karnak, Luxor temple, the Colossi of Memnon, Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae and others. Karnak ("Carnac") as a village name, and name of the complex, is first...
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    at least the 330s. The Temple of Isis at Philae, at Egypt's southern frontier with Nubia, was the last fully functioning temple. Scholars have traditionally...
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