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The Goddess Isis was worshiped on the Island of Philae until 600 AD. Philae
was the last active cult center in Egypt. The worship of Isis has spread
all over the Roman Empire. When Christianity became the Roman state religion,
the old gods of Egypt were persecuted and Philae was the last place that
Isis had an active cult center.

Isis was the mother of Horus, and the spiritual mother of every Pharaoh. In
the Late and Graeco-Roman period Isis is often portrayed suckling the infant
Horus.
The hieraglyph for Isis is a throne. She is ofen depicted with a throne on
her head or a solar disc with cow's horns.
Isis is sometimes dipicted with large sheltering wings.
Her main cult was at Philae.

She was closely associated with magic. Isis could heal and assume any form
she chose, which came in handy when she was searching for the body of Osirus.
Two other important aspects of Isis were "Great White Sow of Heliopolis" and
the Isis-cow which gave birth to the sacred Apis Bull of Memphis.
Upper Egypt Cult Centers of Egyptian
Gods
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