| Page Views: 1,091 Last Visit to Idfu: April, 2007 | Cruise from Luxor to Aswan via Edfu by Kuznetsov_Sergey - last update: Dec 21, 2007 |
Edfu was the capital of the second nome of Upper Egypt, an important regional center from the Old Kingdom, partly due to the large area of fertile land belonging to the town, partly to the fact that Edfu was situated near the frontier between Egypt and Nubia. |
|  | The Temple of Horus in Edfu is a fine and well-preserved example of the period. It is considered that it was built in three stages, with protracted intervals between: first the temple proper by Ptolemy III, then the outer hypostyle hall (140-124 B.C.), and finally the perimeter wall and pylons. It is plainly a processional cult temple.
You may see Egyptian fiacres in Edfu on my Edfu Fiacre 2,20 minute VIDEO CLIP from my YouTube channel .
After opening the VIDEO please press the right bottom button on the screen for expansion of the image in the whole screen.
You may see the Egyptian bazaar on my Edfu Bazaar 1,17 minute VIDEO CLIP with Shag Rugge music. |
| | My other Egyptian pages out of the April,2007 Trip:
1) Egypt,
2) Hurghada,
3) Bur Safajah,
4) Qina,
5) Al Karnak,
6) Necropolis of Thebes,
7) Thebes,
8) Luxor,
9) Esna (Isna),
10) Edfu (Idfu),
11) Temple of Horus in Edfu,
12) Kom Ombo,
13) Abu Simbel,
14) Philae,
15) Aswan,
16) Pyramids of Giza,
17) Cairo,
18) Alexandria. |
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hunterV Wed Jul 22, 2009 19:12 UTC
That was an exciting trip I believe... | lynnehamman Sat May 30, 2009 10:48 UTC
Really good tips here, Sergey- with excellent photographs. The cruise-liner looks like an excellent way to see surrounding sights. | jumpingnorman Tue Feb 10, 2009 20:17 UTC
I love the I LOVE EGYPT hats...still going through your Egypt tips, Norman :) | willy_wonka Tue Feb 26, 2008 05:50 UTC
excellent commentary and photos here sergey! i would love to explore egypt one day for myself! regards from perth. |
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