Construction on the Temple of Edfu began under King Ptolemy III Ergetes (who served from 246 to 222 B.C.E., at the height of the Ptolemaic dynasty), then concluded around 57 B.C.E., amid the two ...

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The temple of Edfu is over 2,000 years old and centuries of dirt had built up on its walls. All the grime covered vibrant colors that add a new layer of meaning to the inscriptions.

In addition to being the best-preserved sanctuary in Egypt, the temple of Horus at Edfu is a marvel of ancient structural design, with a length of 137 meters, a width of 76 meters at the pylon ...

They were undertaking a restoration of the Temple of Edfu—a 115-foot-tall, 250-foot-wide temple located in Egypt’s Southern Nile Valley on the west bank of the region’s eponymous river.

One of the colorful paintings uncovered in the temple of Edfu. Martin Stadler / Universität Würzburg The ongoing restoration of one of the largest temples in Egypt has revealed colorful ...