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Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Temples on the island of Philae

Trajanokim revealed a large number of temples on the island, "Welle" Perhaps the oldest of these temples dating to the reign of King Thutmose III (1490-1436 BC). In the fourth century BC, the king built the "Nakht LNBF" (378-341 BC). And a huge temple built on the impact of "Ptolemy Veladlv" (third century BC) the great temple, and then followed many of the kings of Ptolemaic and Roman rulers until the crowded island of Philae temples , and the best known is called the "chamber of Pharaoh."
There is also a large number of statues of the kings of ancient Egypt on the island of Philae.
Back ruins the first on the island of Philae to the reign of King Taharqa (Family Twenty-fifth) is the Temple of Isis, one of the largest and most important effects in the group of large and small temples on the island of Philae and the running of this temple about a quarter of the island and among other effects on the island of Philae limited "Nkhtnbo I" (family xxx), and two rows of columns, which dates back to Roman times, and the Temple of Orisnovis Greek - Roman Temple of Mandolees (from Roman times), and the Temple of Imhotep (from the Ptolemaic period), and the most important small temples that surround the group of large temples Temple of Hathor (Ptolemaic period) and limited to Trajan.
Island Ijileka
Has been restructured Ijileka Island, about five hundred meters distance from the site of the island of Philae and transferred to various temples of the island of Philae and the sunken so similar to the island of Philae.
Save the Temple of Isis on Philae Island

 
Temple of Isis on the island of Vilpmund complete the construction of the Aswan Dam, the first in 1902 and the Nile waters surrounding the island of Philae most of the year, so the island with all its precious stocks of enriched compartments includes temples and gates, columns, and the Pharaonic, which embodies all of Roman architectural styles - Greek and Pharaonic.
The Nkhtnbo, which is one of the last kings of Egypt built the original temple on the island of Philae in the first half of the fourth century BC, and later came the Ptolemies, who ruled the country for 300 years and embraced the cult of Isis, supplementing private tombs on the island.

 
This has led to build the High Dam to change the situation on the radically For the grounds that the island will be located between the new dam and the old dam, it will become partially submerged, but throughout the year.
In addition, the daily draw of water to drive turbines that generate electricity could mean the presence of ripples continue in nearly 3 meters from the water level which in turn leads to the destruction of stones quickly and then the failure to find a solution to this problem would have this island floating that as long as Klapt the lives of tourists to the disappearance from the map.
When it was put forward as the problem of the island of Philae response was a pressing problem at the Nubia Campaign, a quick Maeks international community's determination to save the beauty of this area and the historical importance of this issue and then save the elephants were not as far as whether or not the patchwork how to save it.
However, after examining the findings of this project and in particular the impact of artesian water on the effects of the project and what it requires considerable cost, experts also suggested other projects submitted by the Egyptian government and the project aims to transfer the effects to the island of Ijileka.
Began the process of saving elephants in 1972, when ships began may Piles installed the first plate steel and the other between 3000 board and in the bottom of the Nile and to form a temporary dam to hold the water around the island and it took two years to inform the island by two rows of piles cutting length of 12 meters, and within this vacuum has been Pour mixture of water and washed sand quarries in the waterfall at a distance of 5 km, were connected to the mixture across the lake through the tubes, were allowed to water leakage, leaving the sand to support the steel pressure against the lake, and thus completed life preserver around the island.