Temple of Horus at Edfu

The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple on the Nile's west bank in Edfu, Upper Egypt. During the Hellenistic period, the city was known in Koin Greek as o and in Latin as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo by the interpretatio graeca. It is one of Egypt's best preserved shrines. The temple was constructed between 237 and 57 BC during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. The inscriptions on its walls contain important information about language, myth, and religion in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. The Temple's inscribed building texts, in particular, "provide details [both] of its construction, as well as information about the mythical interpretation of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation." There are also "significant scenes and inscriptions from the Sacred Drama relating to the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth." The Edfu-Project translates them. There are also "significant scenes and inscriptions from the Sacred Drama relating to the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth." The Edfu-Project translates them.