The Philae Temple began construction during the reign of Pharaoh Nectanebo I of the 30th Dynasty, around 380–362 BCE, and was completed by several Ptolemaic kings.

Together with the project’s principal investigator, Jitse H.F. Dijkstra, professor of classics and religious studies at the University of Ottawa, the scholars will utilize their $84,415 grant to ...

Two monumental pylons form the entryway to the temple of Isis at Philae, which was built by the pharaoh Ptolemy II beginning around 260 B.C. Reliefs on this pylon depict the pharaoh Ptolemy XII ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The sheer scale of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel is difficult to convey.Credit: iStock Once, Egypt's mighty temple complex of Abu ...