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leffe3 Says: A thankless task, watching the ruins, especially in the heat of the day. These guys wisely found themselves a relatively shady spot - and a little baksheesh is required for a photograph or two :)
leffe3 Says: At the main entrance of the Pylon into the Temple and the Court of Offerings are two statues of falcons/Horus. Only one remains upright, the other lying on the ground.
leffe3 Says: The colonnaded Birth House, just at the entrance to the Temple, is worth more than a passing glimpse with some wonderful surviving reliefs at the back wall of the House. including Horus being suckled.
leffe3 Says: Ornate reliefs cover the entire external walls of the temple, depicting gods in various poses. This wall is in fact the rear wall from the main entrance to the temple, but the modern-day box-office is itself to the rear of the Temple. Consequently, these brilliant reliefs...
leffe3 Says: Extraordinary.Horus was originally the sky-god of the Nile Valley whose eyes were the sun and the moon: he became the falcon deity and the mythical first pharoah of Egypt and the son of Osiris and Isis.The Temple of Horus was started in 237 BC and completed in 57BC and was...
sue_stone Says: The Temple of Horus is one of the most completely preserved Egyptian temples. It is dedicated to the falcon god Horus.When you visit you enter the grounds from the rear of the temple - our guide told us to walk looking down until we got around to the front and only then to...
trotador Says: Right behind myself, under the adobe houses, still part of the temple with those original pieces.
sue_stone Says: So, we arrived at Edfu by cruise boat, but still had to get to the Temple.There appeared to be two methods of transport on offer. The first was by small bus or car, which is the method we used.The second was by horse-drawn carriage - and there were loads of them....
sue_stone Says: As part of our 3 day Nile Cruise, we stopped at Edfu to allow a visit to the Temple.The ship docked up against other similar cruise boats, and we had to walk through the reception area of each boat to get to shore!The cruise was certainly a relaxing method of transport to...
Get there early - or maybe not!
sue_stone Says: Usually you think that if you get to a tourist attraction really early you will beat the crowds....not so at this temple!We arrived at the temple a little before 7am, which is when the temple opens.There were already crowds of people there...luckily our local guide knew...
NoodleT Says: On the ceiling of one of the smaller rooms inside the temple were a huge number of bats. Keep an eye out for them!
NoodleT Says: Edfu was the only temple we went to in Egypt where it was cooler outside it that in it. The heat simply seemed to emanate from the walls or it may just have been the large numbers of hot sweaty people inside.So, in contrast to visiting the rest of Egypt, you don't want to...
leffe3 Says: Leaving Luxor and approaching Edfu, small settlements on the banks of the Nile are constantly in view, highlighting a lifestyle that hasn't changed in centuries.
kenmerk Says: Since this temple is dedicated to Horus, who is the Falcon god, there are a few images of falcons about the temple grounds. Two falcon statues guard the main entrance, and another one is situated in front of the entrance of the Hall of Consecrations. In the most inner...
kenmerk Says: You'll find that the Horus temple at Edfu is one of the best preserved in all of Egypt. It was completed in 57 BC by Ptolemy XII, who just so happens to be Cleopatra's father. Though it was built during the Greek period, it is in the classic Egyptian style and pays homage to...
kenmerk Says: You will see the contrasts between old and new in close quarter at Edfu. The simple mud brick homes, complete with space age satellite dishes, come in quite close quarters with the high walls of the ancient Horus temple here...
kenmerk Says: After being dropped off by the chariot driver, you must now run the gauntet of trinket sellers in the main market before gaining access into the Horus Temple at Edfu...Like most tourist towns in this stretch of the Nile Valley, this can be something of an effort. One guy...
kenmerk Says: More Hieroglyphics Interpreted: Here the Pharaoh (He of pointy hat) and Horus (Skinny guy with the Bird face) are obviously engage in a competition of some gravity...Between them they both hold separate legs of what is most probably a turkey wish bone. It is my...
kenmerk Says: If you have never had the honour of seeing a live production of Ben Hur, then by all means you must come to Edfu.Here horse chariots, in the style of the Roman Gladiators, outnumber motor vehicles by 20 to 1. And as such, this is the most convenient form of transportation to...
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I visited Idfu on my second day trip after Luxor. We arrived at night with time to go around the city buying some stuff as clothes, nothing else I saw was worthy enough, besides having a tea in one of...
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The Temple of Horus at Idfu was built by the Greco -Romans in the style of the old pharonic temples and is in very good condition because it was buried under sand for many centuries.
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Although 115kms south of Luxor, Idfu is generally one of the first stops on the River Cruises out of Luxor - especially those leaving port in the evening - the overnight cruise down the river and...
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