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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1963

Image ID

E.078

Alternate Identifier

B05.078

Subcollection

E - Lower Egypt, Edfu, and Bodrum

Abstract

A view of the pylon from within the sanctuary lying at the centre of the temple. -MA

Description

Edfu "was the site of the ancient town of Dbot, which was known in Graeco-Roman times as Apollonius Magna, after the chief god Horus-Apollo. It was the capital of the 2nd nome of Upper Egypt. The site has a long history: mastaba tombs have been excavated here ... and the ancient town lies partly under the modern dwellings, but the temple (built and decorated from 237 BC to 57 BC and based on buildings that go back to the Old Kingdom) remains the best-preserved example in Egypt" (David, 99).

References

David, Rosalie. Discovering Ancient Egypt. London: Facts On File, 1994.

Image Notes

Creation date unknown. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B05.078. Notes written on the slide of index: Edfu.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Edfu, Egypt

Keywords

Temple, Egyptian, Egyptian Temple, Human Figure, Columns, Sanctuary, Pylon, Third Century BC, Ptolemaic Period

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