Baladiyat Sabratah Off The Beaten Path

The Temple of Isis

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The Temple of Isis is et by the sea, a little disatance away from the other monuments.The Temple of Isis – the Egyptian/Roman goddess of fertility is associated with the Phoenician goddess Astarte. A protector of sailor, she was both sister and wife to Osiris, the Egyptian god of afterlife. Built in the 1st century AD, this is held by many to be the finest temple in Sabratha with eight Corinthian columns in its colonnaded courtyard.