Temple of Horus

File / Documentation

Name

257538_sv.jpg

Size

3.45 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

84fda6e1df338f9a3bbf449546aabbe6

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

exterior, hieroglyphics on exterior wall, 1937

Work type

Temple

Medium

sandstone

Keywords

Egypt --Antiquities

Gods, Egyptian

Horus (Egyptian deity)

Architecture, Ancient --Egypt

Temples --Egypt

Ptolemaic

Hieroglyphics

Type

Image

Rights

Access rights

Persistent Link

https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/185022