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The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt.The city was known in the Hellenistic period in Koine Greek as Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and in Latin as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo under the interpretatio graeca. [1]
The Luxor Temple. Pylons were often decorated with scenes emphasizing a king's authority since it was the public face of a building. [2] On the first pylon of the temple of Isis at Philae, the pharaoh is shown slaying his enemies while Isis, Horus and Hathor look on. Other examples of pylons can be seen in Karnak, Luxor Temple and Edfu.
The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple dedicated to Horus and Hathor, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. 57 BC. Edfu, Aswan, Egypt. Русский: Храм Эдфу.
Temple of Horus - Edfu, Egypt: Author: David Berkowitz from New York, NY, USA: Licensing. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic ...
The village of Edfu, as seen from the pylon of the Temple of Edfu. No larger remains dating earlier than the 5th Dynasty have been found at Edfu. The ancient cemetery comprised mastabas of the Old Kingdom as well as later tombs. Before the beginning of the New Kingdom, the necropolis was transferred to Hager Edfu, to the west and then in the ...
The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple dedicated to Horus and Hathor, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. 57 BC. Edfu, Aswan, Egypt. Русский: Храм Эдфу.
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The main entrance of Edfu Temple showing the first pylon. In 1986, Professor Dr. Dieter Kurth of Hamburg University initiated a long-term project that is devoted to a complete translation of the hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Temple of Edfu [2] [3] in Upper Egypt (Temple of Horus) that meets the requirement of both linguistics and literary studies.