Up Middle East 2008 » Aswan and Philae Temple, Egypt Slideshow

The temple complex of Philae is located on Agilkia Island which is in the middle of the river Nile. When the Aswan dam was constructed the original site of the temple was submerged. So Unesco arranged to disassemble and move the temple 20m higher onto Agilkia Island.

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