The victory of Christianity over the ancient gods of Egypt is epitomised by this carving on a pillar at the Temple of Isis at Philae; the temple was the last place where the ancient Egyptian religion was practised - and it survived for several hundred years after the Edict of Theodosius outlawed paganism throughout the rest of the Roman Empire. Eventually however even Isis couldn't hold back the Christian tide, and her temple was converted into a church.
