Trajan's Kiosk

Trajan's Kiosk, also known as Pharaoh's Bed (Arabic: سرير فرعون) by the locals, is a hypaethral temple currently located on Agilkia Island in southern Egypt.

The unfinished monument is attributed to Trajan, Roman emperor from 98 to 117 AD, due to his depiction as pharaoh seen on some of the interior reliefs.

[3] Three 12.50-metre-long, presumably triangulated trusses, "which were inserted into a ledge at the back of stone architecture, carried the slightly vaulted roof.

"[3] All the fourteen columns are connected by a screening wall, with entrances in the eastern and western facades.

[4] This building represents an example of the unusual combination of wood and stone in the same architectural structure for an Egyptian temple.