was bishop of this district, devoted the temple to the service of Christ, of which numerous 
indications remain; and after many centuries, during which all trace of Christianity 
was driven from Nubia, a record has recently been left, cut in the gateway of Nectanebo, 
that a Roman Catholic mission for the restoration of Christian worship had visited 
Philse in 1841. 
It was from the termination of the irregular dromos, which constitutes this view, 
that the obelisk was taken, and of which the removal was described with so much 
animation by Belzoni. Another obelisk remains, but behind the observer of this scene. 
Roberts’s Journal. Wilkinson’s Egypt and Thebes. 
TEMPLE OF WADY SABOUA, NUBIA. 
The view is taken from the hill of sand which has risen above the adytum, and 
overwhelmed the portico of this ancient Temple. 
On looking back, the construction of the corridor around the court, between the 
propylon and the pronaos, is well seen. The massive square columns, which appear 
on either side of the quadrangle, have an Osiride statue attached to each of them, 
cut out of the blocks which form the columns, before which they stand, fronting 
towards the hypsethral court. These statues bear the cap and emblems of Osiris, and 
have their hands crossed on their breasts, holding the crook and flagellum; but their 
faces are too much injured for recognition. Vast stones or blocks are placed from 
column to column, forming the entablature, and, transversely between these and the 
outward wall of the Temple, other blocks are so placed as to form the roof of the 
corridor around the court; but these blocks have suffered violent displacement. Beyond 
is seen a part of the line of sphinxes in the avenue, and the two statues at the 
commencement of the dromos. The stelse observed on the backs of these figures 
are covered with hieroglyphics, much obliterated. 
The Temple is built in front of a hill, in which the adytum is excavated, but all 
the inner chambers are closed with drifted sand, and are at present inaccessible. 
