Trajan's Kiosk

Trajan's Kiosk, also known as Pharaoh's Bed, is an unfinished hypaethral temple on Agilkia Island in southern Egypt[1]. Originally constructed on Philae Island near the lower Aswan Dam, it served as the main entrance to the Philae Temple Complex from the Nile[1]. While attributed to Roman Emperor Trajan (98-117 AD) due to his depiction as pharaoh on interior reliefs, the majority of the structure likely dates to the earlier reign of Augustus[1]. The temple was relocated to Agilika Island in the 1960s as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia to protect it from rising waters following the construction of the Aswan High Dam[1].