 Philae was a place of mass pilgrimage, with temples for Isis, Mandulis, and Anhur.It was where the Roman Emperors Augustus and Trajan made many contributions with new temples, plazas, and monumental works.Most of our information on Blemmye religious practices comes from inscriptions in the temples of Philae and Kalabsha, and from Roman and Egyptian accounts of the worship of Isis at Philae.