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The temple is considered the center of mythological stories where Isis resurrects Osiris and gives birth to Horus.
The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies is pleased to share the news that assistant professor Sabrina Higgins and associate professor Nicholas Hedley have recently been awarded a Social Sciences and ...
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 ...
Here's Rosetta's lander Philae historically touching down on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko pictured step-by-step.
ESA's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved.
Talk about timing! Cameras aboard the European Space Agency’s Rosetta orbiter have spotted the elusive Philae lander tucked into a dark crack on the jagged surface of Comet 67-P/Churyumov ...
ESA scientists believe that Rosetta's Philae lander will have enough light to wake up in May or June -- just in time to witness a comet's solar approach.
“ [T]he location of Philae is not required to be able to operate it, and neither does it need to be awake for us to find it.” This leads us to the truly iimportant question: will Philae wake up?
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.