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Saved
from the waters
The Temple of Isis or
the other temples, is no longer at the island of Philea, which was inundated by the Aswan Dams,
partly from 1902, completely from the 1960s. But
with the help of UNESCO all the monuments were
transported to the nearby island of Aglika, 500
away.
The Philae temples have a tradition of being one
of Egypt's foremost tourist attractions. The
oldest structures date back to 4th century BC,
built there are elements from Ptolemaic, Roman,
Christian and Muslim eras. The Temple of Isis was
built in the Ptolemaic period (332-330 BC), and
was the foremost sanctity of the popular cult of
Isis and Osiris, a cult that was a strong
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