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Temple of Horus at Edfu

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Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Horus at Edfu
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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 as Koine Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and Latin Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo under the interpretatio graeca. It is one of the best preserved shrines in Egypt. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC. The inscriptions on its walls provide important information on language, myth and religion during the Hellenistic period in Egypt. In particular, the Temple's inscribed building texts provide details [both] of its construction, and also preserve information about the mythical interpretation of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation. There are also important scenes and inscriptions of the Sacred Drama which related the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth. They are translated by the German Edfu-Project.
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