PHILAE ISLAND/EGYPT
When the temples at Philae were closed by Emperor Justinian in AD550, it ended 4000 years of worship of the pagan gods on the site
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Picture No
10118624
Media ID
48917342
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/GUY LYON PLAYFAIR
Source
Watercolour by Solomon Caesar Malan
Date
1848
