Philae Tapestries

A digital painting of the Temple of Philae, at Aswan, Egypt: taken from my original photograph

Egypt. Temple of Philae. Near Aswan. Canon Rebel T1i National Heritage Site Uploaded March 2, 2011 !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6818093.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

From an original engraving published 1881. The engraving is titled temple of Isis, Island of Philae, but I think this is actually the building referred to as Trajan's Kiosk. Info from: touregypt.net: This is the so-called Kiosk, sometimes referred to as "Pharaoh's Bed". The rectangular building has fourteen columns with beautifully carved floral capitals that once supported a wooden roof. Only two of the screen walls between the columns are completed. They show the Emperor Trajan burning incense before Isis and Osiris and offering wine to Isis and Horus. The Kiosk is often ascribed to Trajan, but is might well have been built earlier than this, possibly during the reign of Augustus. This unfinished building is one of the most popular mon...

Egypt. Temple of Philae. Canon Rebel T1i National Heritage Site. Uploaded Feb.23, 2011 Philae is an island in the Nile River and the previous site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex in southern Egypt. The complex was dismantled and relocated to a nearby island in connection to the UNESCO project started because of the construction of the High Dam, after being partly flooded by the first Aswan Dam for half a century. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.6786904.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

Egypt. Temple of Philae. Detail. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.6818133.1.fp,375x360,black,black,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

Stars, Planets, Moons and Space Probes

Egypt. Temple of Philae. Guard. Canon Rebel t1i. Uploaded March 2,2011 !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6818112.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

Stars, Planets, Moons and Space Probes

Stars, Planets, Moons and Space Probes

Stars, Planets, Moons and Space Probes