🏛️ Edfu (Apollonopolis Magna)
Ptolemaic temple complex in Upper Egypt
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Upper Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile River, approximately 105 km south of Luxor
- Primary structure: Temple of Horus, constructed during the Ptolemaic period (237–57 BCE)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site: Part of "Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis" (inscribed 1979)
- Archaeological significance: One of the best-preserved temples from ancient Egypt
Edfu, known in antiquity as Apollonopolis Magna, is an archaeological site in Upper Egypt centred on a monumental ...