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Photos in this gallery are of Edfu Temple, one of the best preserved in Egypt, and usually the first first visit after leaving Luxor ona Nile Cruise.
Edfu Mammisi Entrance EG052263JHP Edfu Egyptian Temple Mammisi Birth House Entrance Vestibule Carved Columns the area first visited from the modern approach to this ancient monument located by the River Nile and is one of the main visits for most Luxor to Aswan cruise packages. One of the best preserved temples in Egypt this one is dedicated to the falcon God Horus and his granite likeness is probably one of the most photographed relicts in Egypt. Originally erected by Senwosret 1 it is mainly supplanted by the current Ptolemaic creation dating from 237BC, this particular part being started 116-71BC along with the present pylon. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Edfu Temple, West Bank, River Nile, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, landscape, approach, first view, new, modern, preserved, south, mammisi, doorway, solar, disc, wings, columns, capitals, floral, ambulatory, carvings, hieroglyphs, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic
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Edfu Mammisi Entrance EG052263JHP
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Edfu Egyptian Temple Mammisi Birth House Entrance Vestibule Carved Columns

the area first visited from the modern approach to this ancient monument located by the River Nile and is one of the main visits for most Luxor to Aswan cruise packages. One of the best preserved temples in Egypt this one is dedicated to the falcon God Horus and his granite likeness is probably one of the most photographed relicts in Egypt. Originally erected by Senwosret 1 it is mainly supplanted by the current Ptolemaic creation dating from 237BC, this particular part being started 116-71BC along with the present pylon.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Edfu Temple, West Bank, River Nile, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, landscape, approach, first view, new, modern, preserved, south, mammisi, doorway, solar, disc, wings, columns, capitals, floral, ambulatory, carvings, hieroglyphs, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic