Secrets of Egypt Revealed Podcast!
Unearth the hidden mysteries of Egypt in the "Secrets of Egypt Revealed Podcast"! Join Canadian Egyptologists Laura Roy and Francois Roy on a captivating journey through ancient temples, tombs, pyramids, and museums. Delve into timely topics of Ancient Egyptian history with lively discussions and expert commentary from Egypt. Don't miss this first-ever Canadian Ancient Egypt podcast, launching September 2023, where every episode uncovers a different site and its eternal secrets.
Secrets of Egypt Revealed Podcast!
Episode 7: Philae Temple of Isis: Magic. Mystery and Egypt’s Last Enduring Temple
Ahhh… Philae Temple, the last surviving temple of Egypt – and the domain of Isis, goddess of love and beauty. In this week’s episode, Laura and Francois will delve into the fascinating cult of Isis, the beloved and its intersection with Christianity, the interesting history of the temple, its beautiful location on an island in Upper Egypt – and how it was moved in its entirety in an incredible engineering project during the 1970s to save it after the construction of the Aswan Dam. Philae is a Greco-Roman era temple – the last pagan worship centre to survive all the way to the 6 the century CE with many interesting secrets and vestiges of the very last hieroglyphic writing. Don’t miss the tale of this magical place!
