The Temple of Philae with its huge walls (see the woman at the base of the wall for scale) provides a beautiful tableau for hieroglyphs and images of the Gods and Pharaohs. This Temple is more than 2,000 years old and still standing on an island in the Nile River. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved

This spectacularly well-preserved and deeply-carved image of the God Horus, symbolized by a falcon's head, stands on one of the giant entrance walls to the Temple of Philae. Horus became synonymous with the Pharaoh. ©Gerald Diamond All rights reserved