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Philae (or Pilak or P'aaleq [Egyptian: remote place or the end or the angle island]; [Arabic: Anas el Wagud]) is an island in the Nile River and the previous site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex in southern Egypt. The complex is now located on the nearby island of Agilkai.
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Philae Temple complex viewed from southeast, ca. 1890
The island temple at Philae was constructed over a three-century period, by the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty and the Roman Pricipate. The principal deity of the temple complex was on GlobalAmity.net
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