Temple of Horus

File / Documentation

Name

257515_sv.jpg

Size

2.37 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

06551996adcb3c6446e5d6acfbc16c52

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

general view, top section of a pylon, 1937

Work type

Temple

Medium

sandstone

Keywords

Egypt --Antiquities

Gods, Egyptian

Horus (Egyptian deity)

Architecture, Ancient --Egypt

Temples --Egypt

Ptolemaic

Type

Image

Rights

Access rights

Persistent Link

https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/185000