The Philae obelisk is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in Upper Egypt in the second century BC. It was discovered by William John Bankes...

their expense. In the nineteenth century, William John Bankes took the Philae obelisk on which this petition was engraved to England. When its Egyptian hieroglyphs...

neighbor Nubia built temples dedicated primarily to Isis, and her temple at Philae was a religious center for Egyptians and Nubians alike. Her reputed magical...

Egyptian hieroglyphics (196 BC) Naos or temple shrine of Ptolemy VIII from Philae (150 BC) Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle (32–30 BC) Fragment of a basalt...

island of Bigeh. In this place, located opposite the temple of Isis of Philæ, is a tomb where a joint cult is paid to the leg and the ba- soul of Osiris...

Champollion received transcriptions of the text on the recently discovered Philae obelisk, which enabled him to double check his readings of the names Ptolemy...

in temples that they visited. Graffiti left by priests and pilgrims at Philae include the last ancient hieroglyphic text, inscribed in AD 394, and the...

he were to receive compensation. Personal graffiti Drawing at Temple of Philae, Egypt, depicting three men with rods, or staves Inscription in Pompeii...

public face of a cult building. On the first pylon of the temple of Isis at Philae, the pharaoh is shown slaying his enemies while Isis, Horus and Hathor look...

rock inscriptions from Wadi el Shatt el-Rigal, Sehel Island, Konosso and Philae. The inscriptions record the members of Neferhotep's family as well as two...

Egypt, the French discovered the monuments at Dendera, Thebes, Edfu and Philae. On 29 May 1799, General Belliard managed to capture Kosseir on the Red...

[citation needed] These temples ranged from the Delta to the island of Philae. While Egypt underwent outside influences through trade and conquest by...

Pharnuches of Lycia Pherendates Pherendates II Phernouphis Pheron Philae temple complex Philae obelisk Philagrius (prefect of Egypt) Philistines Philitas of Cos...

sphinxes and obelisks. Temples used pylons and trapezoid walls with hypaethros and hypostyle halls and shrines. The temples of Karnak, Luxor, Philae and Edfu...

of the Luxor Temple complex, unknown architect, 1279-1212 BC Temple of Philae, unknown architect, 380 BC–117 AD Illustrations from 1874 of ornaments and...