Agilkia Island

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Agilkia Island is a Nile River island in southern Egypt that became the modern home of the relocated Philae temples after the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Agilkia Island canonical 10
Philae Island 6
island of Philae 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island in the Nile ⓘ
river island ⓘ
accessedBy boat ⓘ
administrativeDivision Aswan Governorate ⓘ
belongsToCulturalContext Ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
constructionProject UNESCO Nubia Campaign ⓘ
contains Temple of Hathor (Philae) ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Hathor

Temple of Isis (Philae) ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Philae

Trajan's Kiosk (Philae) ⓘ
various shrines and chapels from Philae complex ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
elevationEffect not submerged by Lake Nasser ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude approximately 24.02 N ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude approximately 32.88 E ⓘ
hasRole relocation site for Philae temples ⓘ
hasViewOf Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile

surrounding desert landscape ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" ⓘ
languageOfSignage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
locatedInRegion southern Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Upper Egypt
locatedInWaterbody Lake Nasser ⓘ
locatedNear Aswan ⓘ
modernUse open-air museum ⓘ
religious and historical tourism site ⓘ
namedAfter Agilkia ⓘ
linked to: Aswan
nearbyCity Aswan ⓘ
nearbyStructure Aswan High Dam ⓘ
Old Aswan Dam ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
originalMonumentsFrom Philae Island ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
partOf Nile River system ⓘ
linked to: Nile
reasonForSelection safe elevation above post-dam Nile water level ⓘ
relocationCompleted around 1980 ⓘ
relocationPeriod 1960s ⓘ
replaced Philae Island as site of Philae temples ⓘ
touristAttractionType ancient Egyptian temple complex ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Arab States ⓘ
linked to: Arab world
UNESCOSiteName Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageId 88 ⓘ
usedFor archaeological research ⓘ
cultural heritage preservation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Philae → locatedOnIsland → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Temple of Philae → originalLocation → Philae Island ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Temple of Philae → relocatedTo → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Philae → locatedOn → Philae Island ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Philae → relocatedTo → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Aswan Governorate → containsIsland → Philae Island ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Aswan Governorate → containsIsland → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Kiosk of Trajan → locatedOn → island of Philae ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Kiosk of Trajan → currentLocation → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Kiosk of Trajan → relocatedTo → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Agilkia Island → originalMonumentsFrom → Philae Island ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Birth House of Isis → movedFrom → original island of Philae ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Birth House of Isis → movedTo → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Temple of Augustus → locatedOn → island of Philae ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Temple of Augustus → movedTo → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Philae obelisk → foundOn → island of Philae ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Kiosk of Trajan at Philae → locatedOn → Agilkia Island ⓘ
Kiosk of Trajan at Philae → relocatedFrom → Philae Island ⓘ
linked to: Agilkia Island
Philae → namedAfter → Philae Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Philae lander
linked to: Agilkia Island