It is the
site of the splendid temple complex of the goddess Isis. It dates back to the
reign of the Greek king Ptolemy Philadelphus 282 BC , on the ruins of the
ancient Egyptian temples . After the construction of the Aswan low dam in 1902
, The island was nearly always flooded and submerged & for nearly 68 years
till 1960 the complex was not underwater only when the dam’s sluices were open
from July to October.
In 1960 , a
large coffer dam of steel plates was built with 1 million cubic metres of sand
was tipped. Any water that seeped through was pumped away. Next the monuments
were measured by using Photogrammetry. Thousands
of pieces were dismantled and then
transported to the nearby island of Agilkia, situated on higher ground some 500
metres .
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