Temple of Deir Shelwit
The current situation of Deir El Shelwit is a small temple of Isis and the remains of the main entrance, a water well, and a mudbrick wall.
The area of Deir Al-Shalwit = is 74 * 51 meters.
The area of the Temple of Isis = is 13 * 16 meters.
The interior inscriptions of the temple are in good condition. The interior of the temple contains a purification hall, small rooms, a staircase, and short passages. The design of the Temple of Isis from the inside consists of 3 rooms in the northern direction, two rooms in the southern direction, a staircase, and the Holy of Holies room in the middle of the temple. You will see an inscription on the walls of the god Anubis, “the god of mummification,” one of the most important deities and religious beliefs of the pharaohs, wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
The temple was built in the first century BC during the reign of King Nectanebo II, then a group of buildings was built next to the building in the Roman and Greek era.
The Temple of Isis, known as Deir Shelwit, is located on the west bank of the Nile. The distance between Deir El Shelwit and Medina Habu is 4 km.
32 pieces of pottery from the Roman and Greek eras were discovered in the water well. The inside of the temple contains inscriptions similar to the inscriptions of the Temple of Philae and the Temple of Dendera in Aswan through Pharaonic cartouches of Kings Hadrianus, Antoninus Pius, Galba, Otho, Vespasianus, and Julius Caesar. It was discovered that stones were used from the temple of King Ramses III, one of the famous kings of the Pharaohs in Luxor.
The sun's rays perpendicular to the wall of the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Isis in Deir Shelwit in Luxor twice annually, with a scientifically known astronomical phenomenon, as the sun's rays enter a straight line to illuminate the face of the god Amun and Mento-Ra. The phenomenon occurs on October 23 and February 20 of each year. In Egypt, there are 17 phenomena of perpendicularity of sunlight in the hall of the Holy of Holies to more than one Pharaonic temple in Luxor, the temples of Aswan, the temples of Qena, the temples of Giza, and the New Valley.
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