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Philae
Philae is currently an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. It was the site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex. The temple complex was later dismantled and relocated to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project. The most ancient was a temple among them was dedicated to Isis and was built in the reign of Nectanebo I during 380-362 BC. Philae was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, as part of Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae.
The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae.by Ivan Marcialis, CC BY-SA 2.0 or CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 116 m
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World Heritage Site
Date of Inscription
1979
4th Century BC
Ancient Egyptians
Ptolemaic + Byzantine
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