37/43.- Aswan, strolling

Another temple that would have disappeared for ever under the waters of the Nile with the construction of the high dam is the Philae Temple. Thanks to the international efforts, when the dam was built, it was dismantled and reassembled some meters above the water level.

The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, used to be on the Biga island. The first ruins date back to the 26th dynasty, but most parts of the temple were built during the Roman times.

The complex includes the vestibule of Nectanebos I, the temple of the Emperor Hadrian, a temple of Hathor, Trajan's Kiosk (Pharaohs bed), a birth house and two pylons that celebrate all the deities involved in the Isis and Osiris myth.

The temple is not far from Aswan, to get there you can rent a taxi or buy one of the hotels' tours.

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