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Egypt on Tour in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Upper Egypt

Edfu

1923 Photo of Town and Temple This is the most complete Temple existing in Egypt today. Inscriptions tell of various stages of construction. 237 BC Building began by Ptolemy III Euergetes I 212 Inner part finished Ptolemy IV Philopator 142 Decorated Ptolemy VIII Euregetes II 124 Outer hypostyle Ptolemy VIII Euregetes II 57 Decoration of Outer hypostyle, perhaps Ptolemy? This Ptolemaic Temple of Horus was only a small part of an extensive temple complex the remainder of which is in ruins and is mostly built over by the city of Edfu.

Roberts: Edfu the Inner Court c1828	Roberts: Edfu c1828	Roberts: Edfu the Inner Court c1828
Horus guards the Entry

Kom Ombo

The earliest date currently found in this temple dates to Ptolemy VI Philometor, but early archeologists, like Champollion, found New Kingdom gateway in the enclosure wall. The river has destroyed some of the Temple since the eighteenth century. The temple is dedicated to Sobek, Hathor, and Khons.

Roberts: Ruins of Kom Ombo c1830

Go back down river to the Necropolis on the westbank at Thebes.

Continue tour up river to Aswan and Nubia.

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2003-02-26