Tsibirin Philae

Philae Island was an island near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Due to the building of the Aswan Low Dam, the island is today submerged. Due to the submerging, the Philae temple complex which had been built on the island, was moved to Agilkia Island. Tarihi Har zuwa shekarar 1974, tarkacen haikali da wani tsohon birni na Masar suna nan. Sun lalace sakamakon nutsewar yanayi na tsawon shekaru da dama a tafkin da tsohon madatsar ruwa ta Aswan ya hana. Da aka fara aikin madatsar ruwa ta Aswan a shekarar 1970, akwai barazanar ambaliyar ruwa ta dindindin a yankin. A cikin tsammanin hakan, tsakanin 1974 da 1976 an gina wani akwati a kusa da haikali don sauƙaƙe ƙaura da sake gina su a tsibirin Agilkia da ke makwabtaka da su. Bayan aikin, sai kawai mafi girman wurin da ke cikin tsohon tsibirin Philae da ragowar akwatin ya fito daga tafkin. Philae wani tsohon birni ne na Masar a cikin sunan farko na Upper Egypt, sunan ƙasar Arc (ko ƙasar Nubia). Ya ƙunshi Haikalin Isis, ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun haikalin da aka kiyaye a tsohuwar Masar. Wannan rukunin gidaje a zahiri yana ɗaya daga cikin wurare na ƙarshe da suka rage inda addinin da ya daɗe ya tsira bayan isowar Kiristanci a Masar, wanda a hukumance aka rufe shi kawai a shekara ta 550 AD. Da zuwan yawon buɗe ido zuwa Masar, Philae ya zama ɗaya daga cikin wurare mafi shahara a ƙasar, yana jawo hankalin dubban baƙi kowace rana a lokacin babban lokaci. Ana buga kuma ana nazarin zane-zanen hieroglyphic ta hanyar Shirin Rubutun Haikali na Philae (PTTP, Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Austria, Vienna/Jami'ar Leipzig). Tsarin ƙasa Philae tana kudu da Aswan, tsakanin tsohuwar madatsar ruwa ta Aswan a arewa maso yamma da kuma babbar madatsar ruwa ta Aswan a kudu, gabashin tsibirin Bigge da kuma kudu maso gabashin tsibirin Agilkia, kimanin mita ɗari uku. Saboda hauhawar ruwan da aka samu sakamakon gina madatsar ruwa guda biyu ta Aswan, tsibirin ya nutse gaba ɗaya tun daga shekarun 1970, sai dai mafi tsayin wurinsa, wanda ke fitowa kamar dutse. Kafin ambaliyar ruwa, tsibirin ya kasance kamar tsuntsu. Manazarta