Deir El-Shelwit Temple Travel Guide: Top Sights in Egypt, Tours &

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Deir El-Shelwit Temple- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Historical & Cultural; Egypt; 5 Reviews

Suggested Duration: 3 hours

Deir El-Shelwit is an ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, located on the west bank of the Nile near Luxor, Egypt. Constructed in the 1st century CE during the Greco-Roman period, it is notable for being one of the few religious sites from this era in the region, distinct for its connection to Isis rather than the Theban Triad. The temple is relatively small, with well-preserved interior reliefs depicting figures of Roman emperors such as Hadrian and Vespasian. The propylon, located 60 meters to the east, is elaborately decorated. Excavations have revealed the temple’s use as a trash deposit during the Coptic era, providing insights into its later history.

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Reviews of Deir El-Shelwit Temple

xavier simons guillamon

5
Reviewed: 2024-03-17

Amazing little temple with bizar divine energy inside. We went there with our tour guide to meditate and pray in. Not many tourist know or go to this place but it is special and holy.
Denis Sklyarsky

4
Reviewed: 2024-01-10

Nice small temple with fairly good condition of wall bas-reliefs. You must buy ticket in the central ticket office of Antiquities administration. Note that if you do not know the way and use google map, it shows short way of about 5 km from ticket office to temple, but it is road with no asphalt and through desert or rural village. It is better to go around with asphalt, distance about 10 km, only last km maybe not good road condition
travel mail

5
Reviewed: 2023-01-29

Small temple of ISIS, quite out of the way down a very rocky road. We had our hotel taxi take us there on a tour of some of the smaller sites on west bank. Some very nice wall carvings. Not too well preserved but still maybe worth the time if you are in Luxor for a while. Cant buy ticket there need to buy in main ticket booth with other sites in the area.
S Hetherington

5
Reviewed: 2023-01-10

Visited on 31 October 2022. Admission is included with the Luxor Pass. It is located not far from Medinat Habu. Small Roman era temple dedicated to Isis.
AHMED BADAWI

3
Reviewed: 2022-07-20

a modest Isis-focused temple. It was constructed in the Greco-Roman era. The majority of the reliefs are ruined because it was converted by Christians into a chapel or monastery.