Our
journey down the Nile turned into a voyage through time, between temples
built during different epochs. It began at the beautiful Philae, close to
Aswan, and ended at Karnak, the mighty city of temples in Luxor.You
will find the temple of Philae on the island of Agilkia, where 
the
temple was moved in the 70's, with support by UNESCO. The regulation of
the Nile, caused by the construction of the High Dam at Aswan, put the original
island under water. The Greek Ptolemy dynasty started to build the temple
2200 years ago. The Ptolemies were a line of pharaohs descending from officers
of Alexander the Great. Philae is consecrated to the Egyptian Goddesses
Isis and Hathor and the God Osiris.
First published: Monday 20th May, 1996.
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