Egyptian temples were not only colorful, but also gleamed in glistening gold. Columns, gates and obelisks have been covered in gold since the beginning of the Pharaonic Period. Researchers also know ...

Discover the Temple of Edfu near Luxor, a rarely visited Ptolemaic site dedicated to Horus. Explore massive sandstone columns, mysterious granite megaliths, hieroglyphs, and the intriguing Edfu ...

A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission has made a significant discovery at the Temple of Edfu during restoration work on the temple’s roof, funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, having ...

A black granite statue of King Amenhotep III was found by chance in a residential house in Al-Nakhl village in Edfu, Aswan In collaboration with Edfu police, Egypt's antiquities ministry has succeeded ...

In a remarkable archaeological discovery, the Edfu Temple in Upper Egypt has revealed, for the first time, a new section of its original hieroglyphic inscriptions and coloured scenes, shedding new ...

Archaeologists working near the ancient settlement of Edfu, in southern Egypt, have uncovered a step pyramid that dates back about 4,600 years, predating the Great Pyramid of Giza by at least a few ...

Restorers working inside the temple of Edfu. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt A collaborative archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University ...

Temple of Edfu in Edfu preserves a near-complete Ptolemaic temple complex in sandstone, laid out along a single ceremonial axis that still reads clearly today. Aquarellillustration des Wahrzeichens ...