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Edfu: see Idfu Idfu or Edfu , town (1986 pop. 45,737), S central Egypt, on the Nile River. It is an agricultural trade center and has paper mills and a sugar refinery. Idfu was the capital of a predynastic upper Egyptian kingdom that flourished c.3400 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , Egypt. Edfu (present-day Idfu), an ancient city in Upper Egypt, in what is now the muhafazah (governorate) of Aswan; situated on the left bank of the Nile. From predynastic times, Edfu was the center of the cult of the sun-god, who was depicted as a winged disk. Later this god was identified with Horus and then with Apollo, and as a result the city was known as Apollonopolis Magna in Greco-Roman times. Preserved structures include a temple complex devoted to the worship of Horus; the complex, which dates from Ptolemaic times (237 B.C. to the mid-first century B.C.), was built on the site of an ancient temple of the time of Ramses III. Excavations conducted in the 1920’s and 1930’s yielded residential quarters of the city and a necropolis. Articles of everyday use have been found, some from the period of the Old Kingdom but mainly from the Greco-Roman, Coptic, and Byzantine periods. REFERENCESRochemonteix, M., and E. Chassinat. Le Temple d’Edfou, vols. 1–11. Paris-Cairo, 1897–1934.Tell Edfou, vols. 1–3. Cairo, 1937–39. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | In the remaining six days, we covered the majority of the ancient temples along the Nile, including those of Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae and Karnak. Aa Facts Marsa Alam, known for its spectacular reefs, mangroves and numerous dolphin sights, sits on the junction between the road along the west coast of the Red Sea and the road coming from Edfu, which sits on the Nile river about 230 kilometers inland. These packages range from 10 to 13 days and include a wide variety of tours in locations such as Cairo, Luxor, Edfu, Aswan, and Kom Ombo. |
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