philae temple

philae temple

Elephantine Island, is an island in the middle of the Nile River, one of the forts strongest along the southern border of Egypt, the Nile and separated into two channels Maackstan in Aswan, was the Philae Temple and moved from its original location on the island of Philae was assembled on Ojeljka Island, in the wake of the construction of the High Dam

Temple of Philae

Philae Temple of Isis

Due elephants name or Velay to the Greek language, which means (beloved) or (grains) The Arabic name it is Anas presence proportion to the legend once in the stories of One Thousand and One Nights The old Coptic Egyptian name is Bilak or Balakh and means to reduce or end because it was the last limits Egypt in the south. And a set of worship dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis is that the island contained the temples of Hathor and Amenhotep, and other temples