The restoration of the Temple of Edfu has revealed ancient Egyptian paintings dating back thousands of years. The Temple of Edfu is dedicated to the worship of the god Horus, according to the ...

The temple was dedicated to Horus, and images and references to the god appear on the wall. "In Edfu, he was venerated as a sky god, one eye being the sun, the other the moon," Stadler said.

The Egyptian city, located on the west back of the River Nile played a central role during the reign of Cleopatra from 51BC to 30BC. During her lifetime, she inherited the Temple of Horus, which ...

Archaeologists excavating a temple at the ancient city of Buto, about 59 miles (95 kilometers) east of Alexandria, in Egypt, have found 2,700-year-old tools and sculptures that were used in ...

It was the Temple of Horus, the second largest temple in Egypt after Karnak, and the best preserved, as it is almost intact thanks to having remained buried under the sand and layers of Nile sediment ...

The Temple of Horus at Edfu, one of Egypt’s best-preserved ancient monuments, continues to offer invaluable insights into the language, mythology, and religious practices of the ancient Egyptians.

Dedicated to the sky god Horus, the temple was built and decorated over the course of 180 years between 237 and 57 B.C. during a period when Egypt was ruled by a Hellenistic royal house known as ...

In addition to being the best-preserved sanctuary in Egypt, the temple of Horus at Edfu is a marvel of ancient structural design, with a length of 137 meters, a width of 76 meters at the pylon ...

The graffiti is the personal inscriptions written by priests as they entered the temple, with prayers addressed to Horus that reveal more insight into Ancient Egyptian religious practices. The ...

Bird droppings and dust hid ancient paintings in Egypt temple ... Written in Demotic, the dipinti would have been prayers made to Horus — a falcon god — by priests who entered the temple.