The Temple of Edfu, dedicated to Horus and constructed between 237 and 57 BC under the Ptolemaic dynasty, is the best-preserved ancient temple in Egypt — largely because it was buried under Nile silt and village settlements until excavation in the 1860s. That burial is the reason anything survives at all.
The Temple of Edfu, dedicated to Horus and constructed between 237 and 57 BC under the Ptolemaic dynasty, is the best-preserved ancient temple in Egypt — largely because it was buried under Nile silt and village settlements until excavation in the 1860s. That burial is the reason anything survives at all.