DID YOU KNOW? Justinian Closed Isis' Temple in 6th Century CE

The haunting temple of Isis on the island of Philae in Upper Egypt was the last bastion of ancient Egyptian religion, not closed until the Emperor Justinian sent his general, Narses, to Philae around 545 CE to abolish the cult of Isis, arrest her priests, and haul the sacred images back to Constantinople.

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