The Temple of Philae - Egypt

Special feature Egypt : The Temple of Philae

Saved from the waters in 1970, this temple on the island of Agilika is a ship bound for timelessness. Its two masts resemble the funnels of a liner and the columns of the mammisi (a chapel attached to a temple) are the passageway. Isis, the mistress of the area, mourns Osiris, her beloved husband, buried on the neighbouring island, Biga. The cult of this woman in love, taken up by the Greeks and Romans, as the cartouches of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Nero bear witness, as well as the superb Trajan's Kiosk, was the last to resist evangelization. In the 9th century, the Isis temple would become a church dedicated to Saint Etienne.

  Traditional gatherings

Aswan's natural reserve  

Contents

• 1

  Aswan, the final frontier

  
• 2

  The mausoleum of Aga Khan III

  
• 3

  The St. Simeon Monastery

  
• 4

  The two dams of Aswan

  
• 5

  The Nubian villages

  
• 6

  Traditional gatherings

  
• 7

  The Temple of Philae

  
• 8

  Aswan's natural reserve

  
• 9

  The souks

  
• 10

  Abu Simbel