Philae Island Aswan

Well... What a totes amazeballs 9 days in Egypt. 40 new friends, amazing new experiences and sightseeing and a bit of trouble in the belly. Our first rule of Egypt – never trust a ****. Anyways a few months ago we got a status update on Facebook from a travel company over here offering a 9 day trip to Egypt for 100 quid staying in 4 and 5 …

ABU SIMBEL:
Early morning wake up call of 3AM to start our 3:45AM journey to Abu Simbel, turns out all vehicles leaving to Abu Simbel have to leave as a convoy and there are only 2 times for this, early morning and later in the evening. We were doing the early morning circuit.... Meeting us at the security checkpoint were heavily armed men to …

... guide Ahmed, who calls us his “peeps,” explains that the temple and ruins here were originally on Philae Island until the dam at Aswan was built, then the flood waters nearly inundated the island so that only the top of the temple was ...

... we pop in at the High Dam, a huge project to control the Nile, costs 8E and is a complete waste of time Then we go to Philae Island, to see the Temple of Isis, costs 40E and is great, except once you buy your ticket you go to the dock to get a boat ...

Well after an evening thoroughly enjoyed shopping in the Aswan souk, we set out to visit the Temple of Isis on Philae Island. The only way to get to the temple is by boat and we thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Just like Abu Simbel, this monument was also ...

... to take us out to the Isis temple, located on a small and beautiful island.  The temple was originally located on Philae island which was slowly being completely flooded by the Nile.  Finally, when the temple was underwater for half of every ...

... Philae. Another magical site built during the Ptolemaic period. Ahmed explained in detail how the Egyptians moved the entire temple from Philae Island (just 1 km away) to its present location, as it was partially submerged in the Nile. The island is very ...

... to it.  According to Egyptian history, the Temple is dedicated to Isis, who found the heart of her slain brother Osiris on Philae Island (now submerged in Lake Nasser).  Most of the Temple is built by the Greeks and Romans (as they ruled Egypt ...

... built the waters on the south have risen and some of the monuments had to be moved) and Philae temple which is located on Philae Island and is dedicated to the goddess Isis. Thursday morning we had a very early start! 3.30am we were on the bus. ...

... but before the construction of the High Dam, the Temple of Isis at Philae was submerged for about half the year. However, Philae Island would have been totally submerged under Lake Nasser. The Temple was moved to Agliqiya Island in the 1970's, and it ...

... II temple in Abu Simbel (See below). Philae Temple is another one that has been "saved". It was originally built on Philae island but now stands (20m higher) a few hundred metres from there on Agilkia island  . We took a small ...

... matter of metres away, but UNESCO had to move each stone and reassemble the structure on the new island. Making it more problematic, Philae Island was only above the surface for six months at a time. It took 20 years to move and rebuild the temple. ...