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Temple of Horus at Edfu

unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Alternative Title
Temple of Horus
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/116510
Date
-237--57
Description
Detail of the north elevation of the enclosure wall, depicting 35 feet high reliefs; Edfu [ancient Egyptian, Behdet or Djeba; Greek, Apollinopolis; now Idfu] is the site of a temple dedicated to Horus begun by Ptolemy III Euergetes 237 BCE. The Temple of Horus, the most completely preserved of all Egyptian temples, dates mainly to the Ptolemaic period. Horus of Behdet was a divine metaphor for the living king who, having vanquished the enemy, ruled as the victorious winged sun-disc. It was therefore especially appropriate and expedient for the Greek rulers of the Ptolemaic period to venerate the victorious Egyptian divine king Horus, perhaps to reinforce their own kingship and to draw the human parallel that they had liberated Egypt from the Persian yoke. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/18/2008)
Type of Work
excavation (site); temple
Subject
architectural exteriors, deities, rulers and leaders, Egypt--Religion, Ptolemaic
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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