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Elephantine Island

Elephantine Island

 
 
Elephantine Island was one of the strongest forts on the southern borders of Egypt and currently situated against the hotel " Cataract " in Aswan , was Mabboudha god " Khanom " or " Gnome " ( from the word sheep ), which is in the form of a ram head

Temples of the island

There is the island remains of the temples of stone of different ages and appears at the gate of a room in the temple South inscriptions representing Alexander II in the form of the king of Egypt and offers sacrifices to the gods of different name written hieroglyphs , with the formula " step - that - Ra - Marie - Amon" ( selected from Ra and loved Amon ) .

Elephantine Island Museum (Museum of Aswan )

Located in the eastern part of the island of Elephantine . An island full of effects , including important temples constructed to the island god Khnum.
Museum building was held in 1902 as the headquarters for the chief architect of the Aswan Reservoir " Sir William Cox ." And the establishment of the museum dates back to 1917 to include the effects of the Nuba region has been found before the establishment of the Aswan Reservoir and those found after that and also raised the Elephantine Island .
The museum houses some of the statues of kings and individuals and some of the mummies ram symbol of the god Khnum and different types of pottery and decorative and architectural elements and a number of coffins and tools of daily life among the ancient Egyptians and some paintings funeral . In recent years , Germany German mission that delve into Elephantine in cooperation with the Supreme Council of Antiquities create a supplement to the old museum is located to the north of it featuring some of the effects found by the mission during Hvaúrha held for many years on the island.

It 's a wonderful island and attractive does not want to come out of her multitude of beauty that is characteristic of the island

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