My video walks you around the Philae Temple on Agilkia Island near Aswan, Egypt, showing (in order) the Kiosk of Trajan, the first pylon, and the colonnade. Constructed during the Greco-Roman Period of ancient Egypt, the temple was completed by Ptolemy II and Ptolemy III between approximately 285-221 BCE. The structure, which honors the gods Isis, Horus, and Osiris, was nearly lost beneath the rising waters of the Nile River when the Aswan High Dam began construction in the 1960s. A joint effort between UNESCO and the Egyptian government relocated it from Philae Island to its present location on Agilkia Island.
Click to watch my high-resolution video of the Gateway of Amenhotep II, an older Egyptian ruin that’s on the southern end of Elephantine Island near the Philae Temple.
