Galicia, Spain
3900 BCE
Ardales, Spain
9th century AD
Tordoya, Spain
3000 BCE
Magacela, Spain
3500-2000 BCE
Alaior, Spain
1700 BCE
Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
1000 BCE
Olocau, Spain
5th century BCE
Valencia de Alcántara, Spain
4000-3000 BCE
Alaior, Spain
1000 BCE
Villar de la Yegua, Spain
18000 BCE
Yecla, Spain
11th century
Berbinzana, Spain
6th century BCE
Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
1600-1200 BCE
Es Castell, Spain
1000 BCE
Alaior, Spain
1000-700 BCE
Baena, Spain
1st century BCE
Portmán, Spain
1st century BCE
San Roque, Spain
940 BCE
Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
1000-700 BCE
Mahón, Spain
1000 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.