cover image: General view of Philae, taken from Bibbeh. In the great temple in the centre of the view the sacred college still celebrated the mysteries of Isis and Osiris so late as A.D. 443, and thus for sixty-four years resisted the forcible conversion of Egypt to Christianity which followed the edict of Theodosius.

General view of Philae, taken from Bibbeh. In the great temple in the centre of the view the sacred college still celebrated the mysteries of Isis and Osiris so late as A.D. 443, and thus for sixty-four years resisted the forcible conversion of Egypt to Christianity which followed the edict of Theodosius.

1881

egypt nile river sailboats temples philae bas-reliefs philae (egypt)
Collection
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt
Format
Prints Illustrations
Pages
16.5 x 24.5 cm
Place Discussed
Egypt Philae Nile River Philae (Egypt)
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The New York Public Library
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Egypt
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