From its illustrious, heavenly past, today the Coptic language has been largely denigrated to pockets of practice. But embers of the language's revival burn in the diaspora, where second and third-generation Coptics hope to rekindle their heritage.
“Philae Temple,” thought to be of Nubian origin and meaning the “the temple on the island of the past,” like Abu Simbel, garnered international attention and adoration in the 1960s when a campaign was launched by UNESCO to save it from rising waters behind the newly-built Aswan High Dam. Block by block, the temple was
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El Cairo, 28 mar (Prensa Latina)In the quiet waters of the Nile, south of the city of Aswan, silently stands one of the most beautiful places that a people have erected to honor its gods: the Temple of Philae, whose mixture of Greek-Roman and Egyptian styles specially thrill visitors.