Corinth, Greece
2000 BCE
Poros, Greece
520 BCE
Arcadia, Greece
4th century BCE
Vai, Greece
700 BC
Lemnos, Greece
500 BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
4th century BCE
Elis, Greece
4th century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Thasos, Greece
6th century BCE
Mikri Doxipara, Greece
2nd century AD
Corfu, Greece
580 BCE
Ierapetra, Greece
1700 BC
Iasmos, Greece
5th century AD
Epidaurus, Greece
2nd century AD
Kandanos Selinos, Greece
400 BC
Ithaki, Greece
1300 BCE
Arcadia, Greece
7th century BCE
Sparta, Greece
5th century BCE
Maroneia-Sapes, Greece
6th century BCE
Kefalonia, Greece
6th century BCE
The Temple of Edfu is one of the best preserved ancient shrines in Egypt. It was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC.
Edfu was one of several temples built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom, including the Dendera Temple complex, Esna, the Temple of Kom Ombo, and Philae. Its size reflects the relative prosperity of the time. The present temple initially consisted of a pillared hall, two transverse halls, and a barque sanctuary surrounded by chapels. The building was started during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes and completed in 57 BC under Ptolemy XII Auletes. It was built on the site of an earlier, smaller temple also dedicated to Horus, although the previous structure was oriented east–west rather than north–south as in the present site.