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THE TEMPLE OF HORUS
This particular temple was built in Edfu, on the west bank of the Nile, during
the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Totally submerged by desert sands for two centuries,
the temple remains one of the best preserved of all Egypt's temples. A shrine
to the falcon-headed god of light, the entrance is flanked by two falcon
statues. Inside, you'll spot a colonnaded courtyard, hieroglyphics and rows
of lotus columns. The stairway to the roof was once used in the annual New
Year's festival when priests carried a statue of Horus so it could be revitalised
by the year's first sun.
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