Relief - Sanctuary, Mammisi, Temple of Isis, Philae Complex

Horus wearing double crown hiding in papyrus in the Chemmis marsh, 2 kings holding cobra banner, and sacred texts, relief, detail, 2nd century BC, from the east wall of the sanctuary of the mammisi or Birth House, Ptolemaic, built c. 300 BC, in the Temple of Isis, at the Philae Temple Complex, originally on Philae Island, and moved to Agilkia Island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, Nubia, Egypt. The site consists of the Temple of Isis, built under Nectanebo I, 380-362 BC, and later ruins from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Agilkia Cobra Hieroglyph Hieroglyphic Horus Isis Mammisi Nubia Papyrus Philae Ptolemaic Ptolemy Sanctuary

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