There was an Old Person of Philae*,
Whose conduct was scroobious and wily;
He rushed up a Palm,
When the weather was calm,
And observed all the ruins of Philae.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 39
*Philae: A temple complex that in the author’s day was located on Philae Island. Philae Island was periodically flooded after the completion of the Aswan Low Dam, so during the time from 1977 to 1980, the temple complex was dissembled and moved to Agilkia Island, where it is today.
Whose conduct was scroobious and wily;
He rushed up a Palm,
When the weather was calm,
And observed all the ruins of Philae.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 39
*Philae: A temple complex that in the author’s day was located on Philae Island. Philae Island was periodically flooded after the completion of the Aswan Low Dam, so during the time from 1977 to 1980, the temple complex was dissembled and moved to Agilkia Island, where it is today.
