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Philae: The Temple of Nectanebo

 

Nectanebo

The temple of Nectanebo I at the south end of the Island at Philae.

The notes from L. Sgt. Johnson’s lecture read: 

The thirtyone columns here with fine capitals still support parts of the roof, decorated with vultures with spread wings and stars, while the outer wall decorated with numerous reliefs is mainly intact. Toward the north end of the Colonnade is a well preserved inscription on the wall which states that a certain Ammonius fulfilled a vow made to Isis, Serapis and other gods by presenting to them the worship of his brother and children in the Thirty-first year of Caesar Augustus. Beneath the colonnade is a passage descending to the water which was used as a Nilometer.

 

Back to Philae

The Birth House of the Temple of Isis

The Temple of Isis and ‘The Kiosok of Trajan’

 

 

 

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