Philae - ܦܝܠܘܢ
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“Located on an island in the First Nile Cataract, Philae was a major cultic centre for the goddess Isis. Traces have been unearthed that pagan rituals took place there until the mid-5th century, yet already since the early 4th century, Philae was also an episcopal see.” 1
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- Lat. 24.025031° Long. 32.884252°3
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“Located on an island in the First Nile Cataract, Philae was a major cultic centre for the goddess Isis. Traces have been unearthed that pagan rituals took place there until the mid-5th century, yet already since the early 4th century, Philae was also an episcopal see.” 1
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- 1 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1183.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 189; 233, chapter: 3.4.9; 3.4.10; 3.4.49.
- 3 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786089
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