View of Trajan's Kiosk or Pharaoh's Bed Philae temple complex.
Title
View of Trajan's Kiosk or Pharaoh's Bed Philae temple complex.
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Date
Identifier
RDS_D0_653_0076
Description
Trajan's Kiosk, also known as Pharaoh's Bed (Arabic: سرير فرعون) by the locals, is a hypaethral temple currently located on Agilkia Island in southern Egypt. The unfinished monument is attributed to Trajan, Roman emperor from 98 to 117 AD, due to his depiction as pharaoh seen on some of the interior reliefs. However, the majority of the structure dates to an earlier time, possibly to the reign of Augustus. The temple was originally built on the island of Philae, near the lower Aswan Dam, and served as main entrance to the Philae Island Temple Complex from the Nile river.It was relocated to Agilika Island in the 1960s as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia to save it from the rising waters of the Nile that followed the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_Kiosk
Rights
Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
Format
Glass plate
Language
Still image
Original Format
Glass slide
Collection
Citation
Steele, Lawrence E., “View of Trajan's Kiosk or Pharaoh's Bed Philae temple complex.,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/6122.