Inside the Doric Temple of Isis on the Island of Delos, Greece
The Doric Temple of Isis was built on a high over-looking hill at the beginning of the Roman period to venerate the familiar trinity of Isis, the Alexandrian Serapis and Anubis.
0369 The Temple of Isis on the Greek island of Delos, Greece
369 The Temple of Isis on the Greek island of Delos, Greece
0371 The Temple of Isis on the Greek island of Delos, Greece
371 The Temple of Isis on the Greek island of Delos, Greece
0370 The Temple of Isis on the Greek island of Delos, Greece
370 The Temple of Isis on the Greek island of Delos, Greece
0372 The Temple of Isis on the Greek island of Delos, Greece
372 The Temple of Isis on the Greek island of Delos, Greece
Tonii Dance #7 Greece, The Acropolis, and Isis Temple
Temple of Isis from Philae on Agilkia Island in Lake Nasser, Egypt
Philae is an island in Lake Nasser, Egypt. It was formerly an island in the First Cataract of the Nile River and the previous site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex in southern Egypt. The complex was dismantled and relocated to nearby Agilkia Island during a UNESCO project started because of the construction of the Aswan Dam, after the site was partly flooded by the earlier Aswan Low Dam for half a century. Philae is mentioned by numerous ancient writers, including Strabo, Diodorus, Ptolemy, Seneca, Pliny the Elder. It was, as the plural name indicates, the appellation of two small islands situated in latitude 24° north, just above the First Cataract near Aswan (Ancient Egyptian: Swenet, Trade; Ancient Greek: Syene). Groskurd computes the distance between these islands and Aswan at about 100 km (62 mi). Despite being the smaller island, Philae proper was, from the numerous and picturesque ruins formerly there, the more interesting of the two. Prior to the inundation, it was not more than 380 metres (1,250 ft) long and about 120 metres (390 ft) broad. It is composed of Syenite stone: its sides are steep and on their summits a lofty wall was built encompassing the island. Philae, being accounted one of the burying-places of Osiris, was held in high reverence both by the Egyptians to the north and the Nubians (often referred to as Ethiopians in Greek) to the south. It was deemed profane for any but priests to dwell there and was accordingly sequestered and denominated the Unapproachable It was reported too that neither birds flew over it nor fish approached its shores. These indeed were the traditions of a remote period; since in the time of the Ptolemies of Egypt, Philae was so much resorted to, partly by pilgrims to the tomb of Osiris, partly by persons on secular errands, that the priests petitioned Ptolemy Physcon (170-117 BC) to prohibit public functionaries at least from coming there and living at their expense. In the 19th century AD, William John Bankes took the Philae obelisk on which this petition was engraved to England. When its Egyptian hieroglyphs were compared with those of the Rosetta stone, it threw great light upon the Egyptian consonantal alphabet. The islands of Philae were not, however, merely sacerdotal abodes; they were the centres of commerce also between Meroë and Memphis. For the rapids of the cataracts were at most seasons impracticable, and the commodities exchanged between Egypt and Nubia were reciprocally landed and re-embarked at Syene and Philae. The neighbouring granite quarries also attracted a numerous population of miners and stonemasons; and, for the convenience of this traffic, a gallery or road was formed in the rocks along the east bank of the Nile, portions of which are still extant. Philae also was remarkable for the singular effects of light and shade resulting from its position near the Tropic of Cancer. As the sun approached its northern limit the shadows from the projecting cornices and moldings of the temples sink lower and lower down the plain surfaces of the walls, until, the sun having reached its highest altitude, the vertical walls are overspread with dark shadows, forming a striking contrast with the fierce light which illuminates all surrounding objects.
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The Temple Of Isis ~ Philae/Agilkia Island, Egypt
The original construction of one of Egypt's most beautiful temples, the Temple of Isis at Philae, was done under the reign of King Ptolemy II. Flooding and the Aswan Dam forced this temple to be moved, and after 9 years of work it was reopened in 1980.
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Temple of Isis via Donia Aly
The Temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. Isis is also known as Aphrodite by the Greeks and Venus, goddess of love by the Romans.
Delian Temple of Isis
Video chronicles of The Diakron Institute's Cultural Exploration of the Cyclades (in 3 Parts), a three-week immersive exploration of the history, archaeology, and anthropology of the Cycladic islands in Greece.
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In the Temple of Isis
sung by the LA Joy Singers, recorded summer 2011. Words and music by Swami Kriyananda (Donald Walters).
Delos Greece ancient mysteries and mythical Gods
J Frissina video takes you to Delos Greece. The birth place of the God Apollo. No one is to sleep or give birth on this island by the laws of Greece. .Full of old word culture and foods. Huge sites and exotic foods with chicken breasts of all flavors. dubplanet sighting ufo sighting bigfoot sighting ghost sighting
Temple of Isis in Pompeii
In 79 A.D the Roman city of Pompeii was buried in meters of ash and pumice after an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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Greece, Delos Island - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Photographer:Samuel Magal (samuel@sites-and-photos.com)
Delos had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. From its Sacred Harbour, the horizon shows the three conical mounds (image below) that have identified landscapes sacred to a goddess in other sites: one, retaining its Pre-Greek name Mount Kynthos,[1] is crowned with a sanctuary of Zeus.
Temple of Isis Convocation 2013
Here is a slideshow of the Temple of Isis Convocation at Isis Oasis
Island of Delos, Greece
Island of Delos, Greece videoed in 2010