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معبد الرأس السوداء | |
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| Location | Alexandria |
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| Region | Egypt |
| History | |
| Founded | 2nd century CE |
| Cultures | Romano-Egyptian |
Ras el Soda temple is a Roman Egyptian religious structure located in Alexandria, Egypt. Built-in the 2nd century AD, it was dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis.
History[edit]
The Greek inscription on the pillar indicates that the temple is a private foundation founded by a Roman called Isidoros, who lived in the 2nd century CE and offered the temple to Isis to thank her for having healed his foot after he had fallen from his horse-driven carriage. On 29 October 1936, diggers working in the Ras el-Soda district east of Alexandria came across some columns that were later identified as remains of a temple when excavations of the site began, led by the then director of the Graeco–Roman Museum of Alexandria, Achille Adriani, who uncovered the remains of Ras el–Soda Temple. In the early 1990s, the Supreme Council for Antiquities relocated the temple from its original location, where it was exposed to rising ground waters, to the Chatby Garden on Horreya Street.
Architecture[edit]
The temple is a small lonic prostyle temple measuring 5 by 7.5 meters, sitting on a podium 1.4 meters high, with a wide staircase in front. It is built of limestone with marble columns. The cella, or inner chamber, has a secondary doorway in the long wall on the eastern side