Agilkia Island

Agilkia Island (also called Agilika island) is an island in the Nile River and the present site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex of Philae in southern Egypt. The complex was dismantled and relocated to this island when the building of the Aswan Dam threatened to flood the site.^[1]

External links

• Philae Satellite view @ Google Maps
• Philae @ 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
• Sacred Temple Island of Philae
• Philae @ Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
• Philae @ EgyptSites
• Cruising the Nile: Philae
• Philae @ Rigby's World of Egypt
• Philae @ The Domain of Het-Hert another alternative name for Hathor - aerial view of the temples
• Philae @ Akhet Egyptology
• Temple Complex: Distant Views
• Pictures of complex's features
• Philae Temple photographs on GlobalAmity.net

Notes

1. ^ "Milestones in Archaeology: a Chronological Encyclopedia", Tim Murray, P464, ABC-CLIO, 2007ISBN 1-57607-186-3