The Philae Temple was built in the Ptolemaic era and then developed in the Roman era, as it was dedicated to the worship of Isis and Hathor, where King Nekhtbu I developed it and made inscriptions and drawings on the walls . It was built during the reign of King Ptolemy II and then developed by King Ptolemy III , where you will find a 50-foot-high sanctuary, and in front of the edifice, two granite stone statues in the form of two lions, in addition to columns of crowns of flowers on either side.(The High Dam) or (Aswan High Dam) is a giant water dam built on the Nile River in southern Egypt during the era of the late President Gamal Eid Al-Nasser as part of a series of giant irrigation projects that were built along the course of the Nile River, whether in Egypt or Sudan, in order to tame this The giant genie called the Nile River and benefiting from its flood waters in irrigating agricultural lands on the one hand and generating the electricity needed to light cities and operate factories on the other hand. During his reign, it was completed during the reign of his grandson, Abbas Pasha I, and it contributed greatly to storing quantities of Nile water behind it, which was used to irrigate agricultural lands in the delta during the summer planting season until the flood comes again in the following season.
PHILAE TEMPLE-UNFINISHED OBELISK AND HIGH DAM DAY TOUR IN ASWAN Full-Day Tours
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PHILAE TEMPLE-UNFINISHED OBELISK AND HIGH DAM DAY TOUR IN ASWAN
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Let's take you on a wonderful tour that you will never forget. Our tour starts at ( 8 am ) .Your guide will take you in a private car to ( The Philae temple ) .Your tour inside the temple begins at the gate of King Ptolemy II, where you will see two statues of pink granite stone and 2 obelisks of pink granite stone. You will see texts of hieroglyphics on the basis of the Pharaonic obelisks, which had an important role in helping Jean-Francois Champollion to decipher the Rosetta Stone and identify it in the ancient Egyptian language. You will see pharaonic inscriptions on the first edifice telling the legend of Isis and drawings on the wall of the eastern tower of King Dionysus holding enemies, in addition to other drawings of the king presenting the crown to the god Horus and Nephthys, and another scene of the king offering incense to Horus and Isis. You will see the birthhouse inside the temple, where she cared. The kings of the Pharaohs in the Ptolemaic era left a mark for them inside the Egyptian temple, which is a private house that tells the legend of the birth of Isis. On the walls, you will see Horus in the form of a falcon wearing a double crown, and Isis carrying Horus between her arms. Then you head to the Hall of Columns and start your tour to see the rest of the temples and monuments on the island of Philae.After that, we will take you to ( The High Dam ) .It is necessary to visit the High Dam to see what the people have done to get up and do when they want. You are in front of a giant power generator and a great water reservoir behind the dam. There is a symbol of friendship and peace between Egypt and the Soviet Union that helped us build it.Come and enjoy with us this wonderful tour full of fun and knowledge.( The tour takes 8 hours)
