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Photos in this gallery are of Edfu Temple, one of the best preserved in Egypt, and usually the first first visit after leaving Luxor ona Nile Cruise.
Edfu Horus Fans EG9618310JHP Edfu Egyptian Temple Horus Statue Visitors Posing Crowds Tourists Queuing located by the River Nile and is one of the main visits for most Luxor to Aswan cruise packages. One of the best preserved temples in Egypt this one is dedicated to the falcon God Horus and his granite likeness is probably one of the most photographed relicts in Egypt. Originally erected by Senwosret 1 it is mainly supplanted by the current Ptolemaic creation dating from 237BC. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Edfu Temple, West Bank, River Nile, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Horus, falcon, hawk, statue, popular, tourists, photographing, posing, pillared hall, Ptolemy, pronaos, sanctuary, Ptolemaic, upright, cruise, cruiseboat.
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Edfu Horus Fans EG9618310JHP
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Edfu Egyptian Temple Horus Statue Visitors Posing Crowds Tourists Queuing

located by the River Nile and is one of the main visits for most Luxor to Aswan cruise packages. One of the best preserved temples in Egypt this one is dedicated to the falcon God Horus and his granite likeness is probably one of the most photographed relicts in Egypt. Originally erected by Senwosret 1 it is mainly supplanted by the current Ptolemaic creation dating from 237BC.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Edfu Temple, West Bank, River Nile, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Horus, falcon, hawk, statue, popular, tourists, photographing, posing, pillared hall, Ptolemy, pronaos, sanctuary, Ptolemaic, upright, cruise, cruiseboat.