The ancient Egyptian cult at Philae, an island located in the extreme south of Ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire, has always occupied a unique position in the religious transition from the ancient Egyptian religion to Christianity in Late Antiquity (4th-7th centuries A.D.). This has everything to do with the location of Philae at the border goes south to Nubia. While it is generally accepted that Egypt in the 6th century had become the last Christian priests of Philae would have kept the rituals. Subsisting This image is based on a passage from the work of the 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius, in which it tells how two peoples who lived in the Nile Valley in Nubia south of Philae, the Blemmyers and Noebaden, the temples are visited until the reign of Emperor Justinian (527-565). According to Procopius this emperor put an end to the pagan cult to inform his general Narses to destroy the temples. Assignment And so it happened: Narses put the priests imprisoned and sent the idols to Byzantium (Constantinople). With this event, which is dated between 535 and 537, an end has come to the ancient Egyptian cult at Philae and thus to the ancient Egyptian religion. However, there are problems associated with this literal interpretation of Procopius. Just the announcement that the Temples were destroyed raises suspicion, because the temples of Philae belong to the day, the best preserved ancient monuments throughout Egypt. The suggestion that the ancient Egyptian cult was alive at the hands of the Blemmyers and Noebaden in the sixth century, raises questions. As early as the fourth century there was a bishops seat located at Philae and must also have lived in the same small island. Christian congregation Moreover, it is obvious that a world gradually became Christian, must have had on the ancient Egyptian cult at Philae.s Impact It therefore appears that the story is more complicated than Procopius it represents. What happened to the ancient Egyptian cult at Philae in Late Antiquity? And what role did Christianity in this changing situation?
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