Philae temples become landmark of Egypt's Aswan in "greatest archaeological rescue campaign" (3)

A temple caretaker is seen at the Philae temples on Agilkia Island in Aswan, Egypt, on June 26, 2021. On a brief boat voyage in the Nile River in Upper Egypt's tourist city of Aswan, an island called Agilkia appears in the distance, where fortress-like walls surrounding ancient large pylons and columns of a number of temples form the magnificent Philae temple complex. What's more astonishing than the breathtaking view is the fact that the Philae temples did not belong to where they are now. They were submerged by floodwater and later salvaged and relocated from Philae Island to the higher Agilkia Island, 500 meters away, in what the UNESCO describes as "the greatest archaeological rescue campaign of all time." (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)