Temple of Philae

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ancient Egyptian temple complex archaeological site

The Temple of Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Isis, renowned for its elegant Ptolemaic architecture and its relocation to Agilkia Island to protect it from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Philae Temple 3
Temple of Isis 2
Temple of Isis at Philae 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple complex ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
alsoDedicatedTo Horus ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
architectureStyle Ptolemaic architecture ⓘ
associatedDeity Horus ⓘ
surface form: Horus the Child

Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
constructionMajorPhase Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
Ptolemy III Euergetes ⓘ
Ptolemy IV Philopator ⓘ
Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ
Ptolemy VIII Physcon ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II

Roman emperors ⓘ
constructionPeriod Ptolemaic period ⓘ
constructionStartReign Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
culturalSignificance major cult center of Isis in late antiquity ⓘ
dedicatedTo Isis ⓘ
floodedBy waters of the Aswan Low Dam ⓘ
hasFeature hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
hypostyle halls ⓘ
pylons ⓘ
relief carvings ⓘ
knownFor harmonious island setting ⓘ
well-preserved Ptolemaic reliefs ⓘ
lastKnownHieroglyphicInscriptionSite yes ⓘ
lastKnownHieroglyphicInscriptionYear 394 CE ⓘ
locatedIn Aswan Governorate ⓘ
locatedInCountry Egypt ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Agilkia Island ⓘ
managedBy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
nearCity Aswan ⓘ
notableStructure Birth House (Mammisi) ⓘ
Kiosk of Trajan ⓘ
Temple d’Auguste et de Livie ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Augustus

Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Hathor

Temple of Philae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Isis
originalLocation Agilkia Island ⓘ
surface form: Philae Island
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
relocatedTo Agilkia Island ⓘ
relocationCoordinatedBy UNESCO ⓘ
relocationEndYear 1980 ⓘ
relocationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
relocationReason flooding risk from Aswan High Dam ⓘ
relocationStartYear 1972 ⓘ
situatedOn Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
threatenedBy reservoir of the Aswan High Dam ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteDesignationYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Temple of Isis at Philae
Upper Egypt → contains → Temple of Philae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philae Temple
Aswan → hasHeritageSiteNearby → Temple of Philae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philae Temple
Aswan → hasHeritageSiteNearby → Temple of Philae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Isis at Philae
Philae → hasPart → Temple of Philae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Isis
Nubia → hasTemple → Temple of Philae ⓘ
Temple of Philae → notableStructure → Temple of Philae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Isis
Lower Nubia → sawRelocationOf → Temple of Philae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philae temples
this entity surface form: Philae Temple