Philae
Temple Complex
(Island
from the Time of Re, Pilak)
Location :
Aswan, Egypt
How to get there : From outside Egypt International flights to Cairo, or via Cairo and Luxor to Aswan and Abu Simbel. Contact your travel agent for details.
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From Cairo
By air:
By rail
Wagons-lits and other trains depart from Ramses Station. For
air-conditioned express trains with a restaurant car,
Overland
by bus or service
taxi from the Ahmed Helmi terminal, near Ramses Station.
Cruises
down the Nile, with
accommodation en route, can be arranged through your travel
agent.
Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island
about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island) in the
wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis,
is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its
original site. It's various shrines and sanctuaries, which
include The Vestibule of Nectanebos I which is used as the
entrance to the island, the Temple of the Emperor Hadrian, a
Temple of Hathor, Trajan's Kiosk (Pharaohs Bed), a birth house
and two pylons celebrate all the deities involved in the Isis and
Osiris myth. The Victorian world fell in love with the romance of
the Temple. But at night you can also visit the Sound and Light
Show, a magical experience as floodlit buildings are silhouetted
against the volcanic rocks and water surrounding them. So today,
Philae is more fun then every before.