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The Temple in Edfu has been taken for the sample for the Egyptian Hall of the Moscow Pushkin Fine Arts Museum. The museum was under construction when its future director I.V.Tsvetaev (the father of the well known Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva) went to Egypt in the spring of 1909 to get acquainted with ancient architecture.
On the way home he wrote from Athens to Moscow: "With prince Sherbatov we have found in Edfu the form of the Hall as well as possible suitable to our sizes". The museum was opened on May, 31st, 1912. In the Egyptian Hall there was placed the most valuable exhibits of the personal collection of outstanding Russian Egyptologist V.S. Golenishev (1856-1947).
Updated Aug 17, 2007
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You may see the Temple of Horus Sparrow on my Edfu Temple of Horus Sparrow 0.18 minute VIDEO CLIP with John Prine Paradise music.
Written Aug 17, 2007
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Edfu is located 60 Km to the north of Aswan. It was the 2nd Nome of Upper Egypt and the centre of the cult of a triad of gods which consists of Horus of Behdet, Hathor, and their son Hor - Sama-Tawy....
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EDFU: Small town along the Nile
The small town of Edfu is about half way between Awan and Luxor. This was an interesting opportunity to get closer to 'real' Egyptian life From the bus I could see men groups on men in cafes, sucking...
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The Edfu Temple is located exactly half way between Luxor and Aswan and this destination is a stop off point for the many cruise ships that ply the waters of the Nile. The cruise ship docked in the...
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