Behbeit el-Hagara - Temple of Isis
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Within a precinct measuring 87yd/80m by 60yd/55m enclosed by brick walls, still well preserved on two sides, now used as a place of burial, rises a large heap of ruins - the remains of the once splendid Temple of Isis. Built by Nectanebo II (30th Dynasty) and Ptolemy II Philadelphus, probably on the site of an earlier temple, it is now in a state of total collapse, either as the result of an earthquake or by deliberate demolition. It was built mainly of gray granite, with some red granite, which must have been transported here from a considerable distance. The ruins form a highly picturesque mass of blocks of stone, fragments of columns, broken architraves and other architectural elements, the original function and disposition of which can be established only by an expert.
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