Philae Island, is an island in the middle of the Nile River and is one of the strongest forts along the southern borders of Egypt, separating the Nile into two opposite channels in Aswan.
The name Philae or Philae goes back to the Greek language, which means (beloved) or (grains), and the Arabic name for it is Anas Al-Wujud in relation to the legend of Anas found in the stories of the Thousand and One Nights. The ancient Egyptian and Coptic name is Bilak or Bilakh, which means the limit or the end because it was the last frontier. Egypt in the south. The worship group was dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis, but the island contained temples to Hathor, Amenhotep and other temples.
This temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, which was flooded by the waters of the Nile, was divided and reassembled in a new location on the island of Agilika, about 500 m from its original place on the island of Philae. Egypt was a prosperous part of the Roman Empire. It became really rich and several new cities were built in it. One of the most famous facilities in Egypt in the Roman era is the so-called Pharaoh’s bed, i.e. Trajan’s kiosk. This monument was built on the island of Philae by Trajan, the Roman ruler.
A large number of temples were erected on the island of Philae, perhaps the oldest of those temples dating back to the reign of King Thutmose III (1490-1436 BC). In the fourth century BC, King Nakht-Nabf (378-341 BC) built a huge temple, and after him, Ptolemy Philadelphia (3rd century BC) built his great temple, then many Ptolemaic kings and Roman governors followed him until the island of Philae was crowded with temples. The most famous of them is the one called “Pharaoh’s Bed”. There are also a large number of statues of the kings of ancient Egypt above the island of Philae.