The Ptolemaic temples go further to include information of all kinds taken from temple libraries.

Nowadays, only two pylons of the Ptolemaic temple of Harwer (Horus the Elder) and Heqet remain.

These include tombs of the late Old Kingdom, as well as the remains of a destroyed Ptolemaic temple.

Built from sandstone blocks, the huge Ptolemaic temple was constructed over the site of a smaller New Kingdom temple, oriented east to west, facing towards the river.

The oldest part of the town which can be dated to the late Old Kingdom lies on the eastern part of the tell, not far from the Ptolemaic temple.

I remember the main topic concerned the proposed dam at Philae, which in its original design would have drowned the Ptolemaic temples on the island.

The main entrance was to the north, where the walls of the Ptolemaic temple enclosed some of the earlier shrines to various gods.

As we went through the narrow opening that led into the valley from the north, past the walls of the Ptolemaic temple, the sun lifted over the heights of the eastern hill.

The Ptolemaic temple was surrounded by an enclosure wall of mud brick.

The ruins of the structures north of the Ptolemaic temple presented a few nice little problems in excavation.