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Philae, Egypt: Holy of Holies, Temple of Isis
Country: Egypt
Location: Philae
Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Room 1 of the Main Temple (Temple of Isis)
Material: Limestone
Description: Room 1 (Holy of Holies) of the Main Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Archaeological Feature, Reliefs
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby, January 2011