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Edfu Temple

The Temple of Edfu, or the Temple of Horus, is located 123 kilometers north of Aswan, in the city of Edfu. It is one of the most beautiful Egyptian temples. It is distinguished by the magnitude and splendor of its construction. The history of this temple dates back to the Ptolemaic era, and the construction of this huge temple to the god began. Horus during the reign of Ptolemy III – Euergetes I (the word “Eurgetes” means “benefactor”) in the year 237 BC, and its construction was completed during the reign of Ptolemy XIII in the first century BC.

In ancient times, the city of Edfu was called Dibbo or Adbo, which means the city of food or the town of raiding. It is also said that its name was derived from the ancient Egyptian word Jeba, which became Dibba and Taba, then it was changed in Coptic to Atbu or Adbo and Atfu, from which the modern name “Edfu” was derived. .

Its ancient religious name was Bahdath or Bahdadti, and it was the local god. He was one of the many gods, one of which was called Horus. He was called Hor Bahdadti or Horus Edfu, to differentiate between him and Horus, the son of Isis. He was one of the ancient Egyptian deities who was worshiped in the form of a falcon, although the Egyptians mixed them together. Often .
Edfu was the ancient capital of the second province of Upper Egypt. It is the traditional site of the legendary battle that took place between the god Horus and the god Set.
Its first deity was the god Horus. He was worshiped in the form of a falcon and was attributed to the town, so he was called Haddati.

The city of Edfu owes its fame to its temple, which is considered one of the most beautiful and complete Egyptian temples because it is largely integrated with elements and filled with a huge number of scenes and texts that were in a distinctive artistic style, and not to Isi, one of the princes of Edfu, who worshiped and worshiped his god for several centuries, and it has been recorded on record. The walls of her temple are the legend of the struggle between Horus and Set, and how Hor Bahaddati, who represented the disk of the winged sun, defeated Set and his helpers. He helped Horus, the son of Isis, according to the legend of Osiris. He helped a number of men who knew the art of metalworking. He sang of the victory of the priests of Edfu and the women of Abu Sir in the Delta. Hathor, the lady of Dendera, was worshiped with him, and the relationship between them was established and he took her as a wife. He also later took Horus Samatawi (Horus who united the two countries) as his son, and from them he formed the Edfu trinity.

Visiting the Edfu Temple offers a glimpse into the rich history of ancient Egypt and the efforts made to preserve its cultural heritage in the face of modern development.

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