Above: Standing in front of the first Pylon entering the Edfu's Temple of Horus.
1 to 4 show the horse and carriage ride through Edfu, with tour group member Dave arriving in #4.
5 is a 1908 map of the Edfu Temple.
6 and 7 show first the god Horus, then the goddess Hathor. On each is headgear ... The bowling pin part is the white Hedget Crown representing the
Kingdom of Upper Egypt. The planter part with the curly out of it is the red Deshret Crown, representing Lower Egypt. Together they represent the
united Kingdom of Egypt, the Pschent Crown.
8 and 9 show the entry to the Hypostyle Hall past the second Pylon, and carvings within the hall.
10 shows the Sanctuary area of the Temple of Edfu, the "Holy of the Holies", with the solid granite box, the “naos,” Dedicated by King Nectanebo I,
founder of the last dynasty of native Egyptian rulers, prior to the conquest of Alexander the Great.
11 shows the door to one of fourteen small little chapels off the main vestibules in the temple.
12 and 13 shows a falcon statue of Horus, and a carving of the god Osiris, the father of Horus, on the second Pylon inside the main court.
14 shows the carriage ride back to the cruise ship.
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