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Temple of Horus

File / Documentation
Name

257510_sv.jpg

Size

2.61 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

7aa80ff68a5f0706e588caeb7c7b08b9

Creator(s)
unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
Time period
creation date: building begun, 237 BCE, alteration date: pronaos constructed, 170-124 BCE, creation date: construction of colonnaded forecourt, pylon and enclosure wall, 116-71 BCE, other date: cleared by Auguste Mariette, 1860
Location
Site: Idfū (Upper Egypt, Egypt)
Cultural context
Egyptian (ancient)
Description
interior, columns with hieroglyphics in the interior of the temple, 1937
Work type
Temple
Medium
sandstone
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Leon Hyzen
Access rights
All rights reserved
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