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\"Etchings
Etchings of priests descending in the Temple of Edfu. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our moving home Oberoi Zahra<\/a> has departed Aswan, sailing downstream (north). The ship is quite steady, you would not know we were moving if you were in a completely enclosed space. The soft rumble of the engines is comforting and disappears when you are on the top deck, up there there is a nice breeze to accompany the changing panorama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Heading
Heading north on the Oberoi Zahra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The shore is lined with many sights.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Morning
Morning breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Herder
Herder and his flock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Other
Other Nile boats being assisted upstream.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our next destination is the city of Edfu and the Temple of Edfu<\/a>. Built in the Ptolemaic dynasty<\/a> for worshiping the god Horus<\/a>, it is one of the most intact temples discovered in Egypt. The temple took 180 years to complete, starting under Ptolemy III and being completed by Ptolemy XII. The pylons in the front are quite massive and are decorated with scenes of Ptolemy XII in battle and worshiping. The temple contains scenes of its honored god Horus and his battle with Seth<\/a>, a bitter rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"First
First pylon of Edfu Temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The pylons show scenes of Ptolemy XII conquering his enemies and worshiping the egyptian gods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Our
Our guide Mohamed approaching the first pylon of the temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tom,
Tom, Kim and Horus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The forecourt of the temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other Egyptian temples it eventually was disused and later damaged by defacing the etchings and deliberately set fires. The complex eventually filled with mud and sand which helped in preservation. It remained buried until 1860 when archaeologist Auguste Mariette began the recovery process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Temple
Temple columns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
A view inside the temple. Note the fire damage on the roof inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The sanctuary at the centre of the temple with a replica of the wooden barque (boat) in which Horus\u2019 statue would be taken out of the temple during processions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Hallway
Hallway inside the temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Apparently
Apparently ice cream and WiFi were available. In reality they represent a heart and ribs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Numbers
Numbers in hieroglyphics. From the left the tadpoles are 100K, bent fingers 10K, coil of rope 100, upside down horsehoe (cattle) 10 and the square or single stroke 1. so 333,331.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Carvings
Carvings in Edfu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The outside wall of the temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Scenes
Scenes from the tales of Horus and Seth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Even
Even in the narrowest of passages the walls were illustrated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our moving home Oberoi Zahra has departed Aswan, sailing downstream (north). The ship is quite steady, you would not know we were moving if you were in a completely enclosed space. The soft rumble of the engines is comforting and disappears when you are on the top deck, up there there is a nice breeze … Continue reading “Edfu”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,4,27],"tags":[40,13,29],"class_list":["post-536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edfu","category-egypt","category-nile","tag-edfu","tag-egypt","tag-nile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":572,"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bastet.tksair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}