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Monte Castello oppidum, like other Etruscan habitats of the island, controlled the ancient ironworks, was strategically located above a hilltop between Ligurian Sea to the north and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the south. It had a rectangular plan (30 x 60 m), consisting of overlapping blocks of local stone. The settlement, which was excavated in 1977, was inhabited since the first half of the 4th century BC. It was settled until about 250 BC, until the Roman conquest of the island of Elba. Among the recovered archaeological materials, now preserved at the Archaeological Museum of Marciana, there is a valuable terracotta head with a tapestry of Atelier des petites estampilles, the Ferrara T 585 skyphoi, Genucilia type plates, grain-bearing ores, Etruscan amphorae And Greek-Italic, truncopyramidic weights, fusaiole and webbing spools. Noteworthy is the presence of pavement in opus signinum.
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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.