Relief - Sanctuary, Mammisi, Temple of Isis, Philae Complex
Ptolemy VIII offering a palette to gods Thoth, Sekhmet, Bastet and Nehemetaouy, 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
Picture No
14152992
Media ID
46188292
Size
8268px x 3930px
(28.1MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2024
