Our guide handled everything for us, from purchasing the tickets to getting us situated on a boat to bring us to the Sanctuary of Isis. The journey is a short boat ride from the shores of the Nile River to a little island where Philae Temple now resides. They had professionally coordinated us on private tours for all of our trips from Aswan to Luxor.
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On our trip to Aswan and Luxor, plus our cruise along the Nile River, we chose Egypt Gift Tourswho I highly recommend. It is very important that you hire an official guide in Egypt to take you to the sites, and just not someone on the sidewalk asking you if you want to take a boat ride. More than likely if you are visiting Aswan or Luxor for the temples, you will be hiring a private guide to take you there. It will round out your learning experience on why and how UNESCO stepped in. If visiting either Philae or Abu Simbel, I highly suggest a visit to the Damn for a short history lesson. Prior to us visiting Philae Temple, our private guide drove us to the Aswan High Dam in order for us to understand the background on the relocation of this site. – UNESCO World Heritage Site website Approaching The Sanctuary of Isis – Philae Temple This outstanding archaeological area contains such magnificent monuments as the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae, which were saved from the rising waters of the Nile thanks to the International Campaign launched by UNESCO, in 1960 to 1980. The UNESCO campaign protected this and other complexes prior to the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970. The Sanctuary of Isis complex was dismantled and then reconstructed on the nearby Agilkia Island. In 1960, UNESCO launched a campaign that lasted two decades, which moved both Philae and Abu Simbel to higher ground. Last century these ancient Egyptian temples along the Nile River, were in danger of flooding by the rising waters of the Aswan High Damn.
Not only for the architectural wonder of these temples built for their Egyptian Gods, but for the shear fact that these temples were dismantled and reconstructed to save them. Pyramisa Isis Island Aswan, Aswan (Egypt) - Deals & Reviews. While in Aswan, my friends and I had visited the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae UNESCO sites, and I was in awe.
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