Day 13. Thu 25th September Edfu and Kom Ombo

"Sellers at Kom Ombo"

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Egypt Picture by DaveMidgley
Travel story: Day 13. Thu 25th September Edfu and Kom Ombo

So much for being a relaxing week - this morning we are up at six o'clock to visit the temple at Edfu, which is much newer than the others we have seen, having been started by Ptolemy III in about 237 BC and completed by Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra's father, around 57 BC. The temple is dedicated to Horus, the falcon god, who's statue guards the main entrance. It is also the place where the god Seth, the bad guy of Egyptian mythology, cut Osiris up into thirteen pieces, and fed his... More