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Philae (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 24 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 24.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 032 59 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.9833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settlement on a former island in Nile River; site of many temples of 600 BCE to 600 CE, the most famous dedicated to Isis by the early Ptolemies; most monuments were partially flooded with construction of old Aswan Dam and Aswan High Dam, but have been preserved. |
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| Philae (preferred,C,V)
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| فيله (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Phicai (H,V)
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| Philai (C,V,Ancient Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Φιλαί (H,V,Greek,U)
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| Filas (H,V)
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| P'aaleq (C,V,Ancient Egyptian (transliterated),U)
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| Pilak (C,V,Ancient Egyptian (transliterated),U)
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| Pa-Ju-rek (H,V)
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Aswān (governorate) (P) |
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Philae (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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dates to at least the 25th (Kushite) Dynasty, ca. 715 BC |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| submerged site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| related to .... |
Fīlah, Jazīrat .......... (island) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt, Aswān) [7535878] |
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