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Built beginning ca. 280 BCE Built during the reign of Ptolemy II (Egypt’s Greco-Roman Period), the Temple of Isis at Philae is dedicated to Isis, Osiris, and Horus. The temple walls contain scenes from Egyptian mythology of Isis bringing Osiris back to life, giving birth to Horus, and mummifying Osiris after his death. The obelisks […]

Information from Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_Damhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfinished_obelisk Aswan to Cairo-853 kilometers. Aswan Dam, picture from the top of the tower of the lotus flower. Aswan Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Nile River in Egypt, near the city of Aswan. It is the largest dam in the country and one of the most important in the world. The

The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its ‘double’ design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods The southern

The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt. The city was known in the Hellenistic period in Koinē Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and in Latin as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo under the interpretatio graeca. It is one of the best preserved shrines in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions

Information from Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossi_of_Memnon 2000-Maria Gerondoudis-Colossi of Memnon The Colossi of Memnon The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which was quarried at el-Gabal el-Ahmar (near modern-day Cairo) and transported 675 km (420 mi) overland to Thebes (Luxor). The stones are believed to be too heavy to have been transported upstream on the Nile. The blocks used by later Roman engineers to reconstruct