Philae Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

Philae

Philae Temple entrance fees	Houses near the Philae boat ramp	Philae boat ramp	House overlooking the Philae boat ramp
Boat to shuttle visitors to Philae	Bumper boats	Egyptian flag	The young Nubian captain
Philae tour boats	Philae tour boats	Philae tour boats	Village near the Philae boat ramp
Huge fleet of tour boats	This late is between the Old Aswan Dam and the Aswan High Dam	Philae Temple	Philae Temple was moved from a different island to protect it from rising waters from old Aswan Dam
Philae Temple is a Graeco-Roman era temple built under Nectanebo I (380-362 BC)	Philae Temple is dedicated to the goddess Isis	The temple was expanded until the reign of Emperor Diocletian (284-305 AD)	Philae Temple
First Pylon of the Temple of Isis at Philae	Philae Temple was moved between 1972-1980 to a site 20m higher	First Pylon, Philae	First Pylon, Philae
The island location of Philae is one of the most peaceful sites in Egypt	Isis has been worshiped at Philae since 690 BC but the majority was built by Ptolemy II (285-246 BC)	Philae Temple under beautiful skies	Our Nubian captain docking the boat at Philae
Philae Temple boat ramp	Kiosk of Trajan, the Roman Emperor	Kiosk of Trajan	Temple of Isis, Philae and Colonnade of the forecourt
First Pylon and Colonnade	First Pylon, Temple of Isis at Philae and Colonnade	Kiosk of Nectanebo I (30th Dynasty ca 370 BC)	Hathor, Kiosk of Nectanebo I
First Pylon and Colonnade	First Pylon and Colonnade	First Pylon and Colonnade	First Pylon with Isis, Hathor and Horus
Debbie and Roy admiring the First pylon	Hathor, First Pylon	Hathor, First Pylon	Seated figure Isis, First Pylon
Ahab in front of the Colonnade pointing out the features of the First Pylon	Lion in front of the First Pylon	First Pylon with Hathor and Horus	Coptic cross carved into the Temple of Isis when it was converted to a Christian church
Gateway of Ptolemy II (309-246 BC)	First Pylon and Gateway of Ptolemy II	Kiosk of Trajan	NileFeb06 1233.JPG
East Tower of the First Pylon	First Pylon of the Temple of Isis at Philae	First Pylon	Hathor and Horus, First Pylon
Horus, First Pylon	Horus, First Pylon	Coptic cross inscribed on the Temple of Philae during its conversion to a church	Our Abercrombie & Kent Egyptologist guide Ahab
Inside the gate of the First Pylon	Ahab, our guide	Christian cross carbed in a pillar of the Hypostyle Hall	Nephthys, sister of Isis
Coptic Christian alter and tabernacle of the Church of St. Stephen 557 AD	Entrance from the Hypostyle Hall to the Inner Sanctuary	Reliefs in the Inner Sanctuary of the Temple of Isis at Philae	Horus as a child, Son of Isis
Defaced Isis nursing her son Harpakhrad (Horus the Child)	One of the Ptolemy pharoahs making offerings to Isis	Osiris	Isis protecting Osiris
Isis resurrects Osiris as god of the underworld	Nekhbet, the vulture goddess protector	Horus	Isis (left) and her sister Nephthys
Isis, identifiable with the throne symbol	Generic cartouche "Pharoah"	Kiosk of Trajan	Temple of Augustus and Gate of Diocletian
Gate of Diocletian (284-305 AD)	Palm and an outcropping of Aswan granite	Kiosk of Trajan 98-117 AD	Campaniform columns, Kiosk of Trajan
Kiosk of Trajan	Bes, the dwarf god frightens away evil spirits and aids during childbirth	Bes is said to have Asiatic features	Kiosk of Trajan
Kiosk of Trajan	Ornately carved Graeco-Roman capital, Kiosk of Trajan	Emperor Trajan shown in Egyptian style making offerings to the Egyptian gods	Kiosk of Trajan
Kiosk of Trajan	Kiosk of Trajan	Kiosk of Trajan	First Pylon, Temple of Isis at Philae
First Pylon, Temple of Isis at Philae	First Pylon	First Pylon	First Pylon
Ptolemy XII in the traditional pose of pharoah smiting his enemies (117 BC-51 BC)	First Pylon	First Pylon. To the right is the Gateway of Ptolemy II and farther right the Kiosk of Trajan	Ptolemy XII smiting his enemies
Ptolemy XII smiting his enemies	First Pylon and Colonnade	First Pylon and Forecourt, Colonnade	First Pylon and Colonnade
Temple of Isis at Philae	Kiosk of Trajan	Kiosk of Trajan	Temple of Isis at Philae
Philae	First Pylon, Temple of Isis at Philae	First Pylon, Temple of Isis at Philae	Information sign, Philae
Temple of Isis at Philae from the Sound and Light arena	Roy and the Temple of Isis at Philae	Roy and the Temple of Isis at Philae	Roy and the Kiosk of Trajan
Roy and the Kiosk of Trajan	Roy and the Kiosk of Trajan	Roy and the Kiosk of Trajan	Debbie and the Temple of Isis, Philae
Late afternoon at the Temple of Isis, Philae	Kiosk of Trajan	Boat ramp, Philae	The lake above the Old Aswan Dam
Aswan Granite outcropping	Debbie and Roy on the boat back to shore	Debbie and Roy on the boat back to shore	Aswan granite
The lake surrounding the Temple of Philae	Aswan granite	NileFeb06 1460.JPG	Egyptian boy playing a musical instrument
Aswan granite late afternoon	The lake above the Old Aswan Dam	Village near the Philae boat dock	Lake surrounding Philae above the Old Aswan Dam
Village near the Philae boat dock	Tourist market at the boat ramp for Philae Temple near Aswan	Exit through the Gift Shop	Many of these "Nubian" gifts look like they are from deeper in Africa

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