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Temple of Isis at Philae
watercolor
Inscribed: Philae 28 Feb 74
5 x 7-1/2 inches
| The temples of Philae, dating mainly from the late Ptolemaic and early Roman Periods, were originally located on the beautiful island at the First Cataract. When Bridgman visited the temple of Isis in 1874, much of the colored decoration of the hypostyle hall, with its columns and composite floral capitals as shown here, was still intact. The completion of the old Aswan Dam in 1902 brought annual flooding, which washed away all the color. The temples of Philae have now been dismantled and re-erected on the nearby island of Agilkia. |
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