Aswan
Edfu Temple
Edfu preserves one of Egypt’s most complete major temple complexes from the Ptolemaic period. Its architectural sequence helps explain how a later Egyptian temple was entered, used and understood ritually.
Edfu preserves one of Egypt’s most complete major temple complexes from the Ptolemaic period. Its architectural sequence helps explain how a later Egyptian temple was entered, used and understood ritually.
Edfu preserves one of Egypt’s most complete major temple complexes from the Ptolemaic period. Its architectural sequence helps explain how a later Egyptian temple was entered, used and understood ritually.
A closer look
Three details that change the way you see it.
The unusually complete sequence from pylon to sanctuary.
Inscriptions and reliefs as evidence for temple ritual.
Horus, kingship and the Ptolemaic reuse of Egyptian religious forms.
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