Entitled: "Pharaoh's bed. Philoe". Showing portico and temple ruins overlooking the Nile River. Trajan's Kiosk, a hypaethral (no roof) temple, is one of the largest Ancient Egyptian monuments standing today at the island of Agilkia, which was constructed

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Entitled: "Pharaoh's bed. Philoe". Showing portico and temple ruins overlooking the Nile River. Trajan's Kiosk, a hypaethral (no roof) temple, is one of the largest Ancient Egyptian monuments standing today at the island of Agilkia, which was constructed by the Roman Emperor, Trajan. It is a beautiful structure of 14 massive columns with carved floral capitals, but simple in its design. Inside are reliefs showing Trajan as a pharaoh making offerings to Osiris, Isis and Horus. The Emperor Trajan lived around 100 AD. It was originally built at the island of Philae (near the lower Aswan Dam) but transported to Agilika in the 1960s by UNESCO to save it from being enveloped by the rising waters of the Nile due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Photographed by Francis Frith, 1850's.

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