Edfu Temple of Horus or Badfo temple is characterized by its construction and the enormity of its splendor. The temple dates back to the Ptolemaic period. The temple of Horus was built in the reign of Ptolemy III - Jorgets I (the word "jorgets" meaning "the optimist") in 237 BC. "Ptolemy XIII" in the first century BC.
The only temple that remained in good condition began to be built by King Ptolemy III, but because of the war and sedition it continued to be built a full century. The temple begins with the great apse, which is 35 meters high, and on its towers Ptolemy III slaughters the enemies. An open courtyard surrounded by columns on three sides, and in the middle there was an altar to offer offerings, we then reach a hall with 12 columns representing the crowns of the plants and then enter the lobby of the columns, and then get into a region that dims the light until we reach the Holy of Holies At the last point of the temple.
Edfu Temple is located on the west bank of the Nile River, west of the Nile, about 1300 meters long. It connects the Nile to a small underground river used by the ancients to measure the level of the Nile and predict the coming of the flood.
As it was based on the water level rise or taxes imposed limited only to the people.
The temple consists of a hall consisting of a lobby, a column hall and an open courtyard. In the facade is the symbol of Horus. In the open courtyard, there is the celebration of the annual pilgrimage of Horus to bring his wife Hathor from her temple in Dandara to be celebrated in Edfu Temple. The temple and then the hall of other pillars and the sanctuary of the holy places and the original compound that was present in the trip was given by the world (Marbitt) of the temple, which discovered the temple buried under the dirt and was shown in 1869, ie, this archaeological survey was in the modern era has not stopped visitors so far is considered this temple From T different temples in Egypt.
Stages of Building the Temple First Assets:
The temple of Edfu is the largest and most preserved of all the temples of Egypt remaining and was built of sandstone in the era of Ramses on the ruins of an ancient temple and when the arrival of the Ptolemies was replaced by a new construction and more valuable than the old building and took the decorations of six years and was officially opened during the reign of Ptolemy VII And added additions to it after that was added to the Great Hall with towers and was the last additions in the reign of Ptolemy the eleventh began construction in the year 237 BC. And finished work in 57 BC.
In the reign of King Zoser, Amenhotep, the great priest of Ain Shams, said that he had built a temple in the temple of the god Horus in Edfu, according to a plan that came down from the sky in northern Memphis. There is no doubt that this idol had an ancient temple in Edfu. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Saints The two kings, Cite I, Ramses III, and Ramses IV worked in the temple that was then located in Edfu and saw their cartridges which were found there, but with the advent of the Altamma a new and more massive building was constructed from the old building.
The construction of the new building began in the reign of Ptolemy III in the year 237 BC in the tenth year on the seventh day of the month (epiphi) which is equivalent to 23 August. The main building was built in the tenth year of the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopater 212 BC. the construction of 25 had taken a year.
This is evidenced by the great sedition and bloody revolutions that permeated the reign of the Ptolemaic in Upper Egypt, which hindered the work from time to time until the business resumed again. The temple was opened in 142 BC. It was officially added to the temple during the reign of Ptolemy Yurgetes II. The Legends Hall During the reign of Ptolemy Suter II Ptolemy Alexander I built the courtyard with its splendor and exterior wall and in the year 25 of the reign of Ptolemy Eleventh known as Ptolemy Zmar and thus the construction of the complete has lasted more than 180 years and so that the temple compared to the temples oldest era has been done individually and with this damaged parts alone M Maria also coordinated the debate and agree inscriptions together to a large extent and the walls of the temple is rich in the names of many of those who ruled Egypt from the Ptolemies.
It is clear from the pattern, image and engravings that it is an Egyptian temple built on the ancient Egyptian tradition inherited without being influenced by Greek architecture. In spite of the end of the era of the ancient Egyptians at that time, however, the old Egyptian style, drawings, scenes and images are all influenced by the old beliefs, so that the temple was built for the Egyptian idol Horus.
Elements of the Architectural Temple:
The temple consists of the traditional elements of the Egyptian temples in the Ptolemaic era. It begins with an opening followed by the open courtyard, which is made of columns with vegetal crowns on three sides, followed by the courtyard or the hall of the legends. The roof is made up of twelve pillars and decorated with two granite statues of the god, This hall was followed by another hall with a ceiling of twelve columns, and on the right and left of the entrance were two rooms, one of which was a library and the other one for the preservation of religious ritual instruments and utensils. The first was called the base of the table, While the other is called the God's Rest. The temple ends with the Holy of Holies, which contained the nausus made of granite, which was dedicated to the statue of the god and the pillar of the holy boat. The Holy of Holies is surrounded by twelve walls, with religious scenes and texts on the ceiling. Black forms.
The temple is made up of two parallel parts between them, a door in the middle.

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