Philae

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ancient Egyptian temple complex archaeological site tourist attraction

Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex on an island in the Nile, renowned for its dedication to the goddess Isis and its relocation during the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Philae canonical 22
Philae Island (before relocation) 1
Philae lander 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple complex ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleBy boat ⓘ
affectedBy construction of Aswan High Dam ⓘ
construction of Aswan Low Dam ⓘ
architecturalStyle Egyptian temple architecture ⓘ
convertedTo Christian church ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
dedicatedTo Horus ⓘ
Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
hasPart Birth House of Isis ⓘ
First Pylon of Isis Temple ⓘ
Kiosk of Trajan ⓘ
Nilometer ⓘ
Second Pylon of Isis Temple ⓘ
Temple of Augustus ⓘ
Temple of Hathor ⓘ
Temple of Philae ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Isis

colonnaded courtyard ⓘ
hasStructure Coptic crosses carved on walls ⓘ
early Christian chapels ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage Demotic ⓘ
Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
locatedNear Aswan ⓘ
locatedOn Agilkia Island ⓘ
surface form: Philae Island
mainDeity Isis ⓘ
managedBy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ⓘ
nearbySite Aswan High Dam ⓘ
Elephantine Island ⓘ
Unfinished Obelisk ⓘ
surface form: Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan
notableInscription Philae obelisk inscription ⓘ
late hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
period Ptolemaic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
religiousFunction cult center of Isis ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
relocatedTo Agilkia Island ⓘ
relocationCampaign International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign
relocationEnd 1980 ⓘ
relocationMethod dismantled and reassembled block by block ⓘ
relocationStart 1960s ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Lower Nubia → hasMajorSite → Philae ⓘ
Isis → worshipCenter → Philae ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Caviglia → associatedWith → Philae ⓘ
Nile Valley → hasMajorArchaeologicalSite → Philae ⓘ
Nephthys → worshipPlace → Philae ⓘ
Rosetta mission → hasComponent → Philae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philae lander
First Cataract of the Nile → locatedNear → Philae ⓘ
Behbeit el-Hagar → relatedTo → Philae ⓘ
Syene → near → Philae ⓘ
Swenett → nearbyMonument → Philae ⓘ
APXS → mountedOn → Philae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rosetta Philae lander
Imhotep → worshipCenters → Philae ⓘ
Kiosk of Trajan → locatedIn → Philae ⓘ
Kiosk of Trajan → originalLocation → Philae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philae Island (before relocation)
Nectanebo I → templeBuildingAt → Philae ⓘ
Birth House of Isis → locatedIn → Philae ⓘ
Birth House of Isis → locatedOnIsland → Philae ⓘ
Temple of Hathor → locatedOnIsland → Philae ⓘ
Temple of Augustus → locatedIn → Philae ⓘ
Philae obelisk → locatedIn → Philae ⓘ
First Pylon of Isis Temple → locatedIn → Philae ⓘ
Ihy → worshipCenter → Philae ⓘ
Swenet → near → Philae ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Philae ⓘ
Siene → nearbySite → Philae ⓘ