Horus Temple At Edfu

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With its perfect conditions , Horus Temple at Edfu is probably the most preserved temple in Egypt . The temple is a fantastic resource for the tourist to have an almost complete idea about how temples were like in Ancient Egypt and how they functioned .
The suitable time to visit the temple , which is always crowded with tourists coming from Luxor , Esna , Kom Ombo or Aswan , is after twelve o'clock , then , you will find yourself transported 2000 years in the past and can feel the vibration of the temple , full of life ceremonies , offerings and processions .
There are ancient testimonies and remains from the Old and The New Kingdom , but the actual temple was constructed in the Ptolemaic period and its construction and decoration lasted about 1700 years .
The temple was dedicated to the god Horus of Behdet (son of Osiris and Isis who conquered god Seth and became the God-King of Egypt in prehistoric times) .