{"id":18806,"date":"2026-09-23T08:38:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookegypttravel.com\/monuments\/philae-temple\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:38:43","slug":"philae-temple","status":"publish","type":"monument","link":"https:\/\/bookegypttravel.com\/en\/monuments\/philae-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Philae Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philae was the last active temple of the ancient Egyptian religion, where the cult of Isis continued into the sixth century AD. 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