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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Philea Temple of HathorCountry: Egypt Region: Nubia Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Aswan Nearest Village: Philae Island
Latitude: 24.025510N Longitude: 32.884460E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Jansold visited on 3rd Mar 2003 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Small temple dedicated to Hathor as a mother goddess. There are nice reliefs of musicians and also of the god Bess, who was significant for childbirth.
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