After the French egyptologist Auguste Mariette (1821-1881) had cleared the Edfu temple of sand and debris (until 1867), research on the texts and the decoration of the temple walls started …

Jul 30, 2020 · Another impressive feature of the Temple of Edfu is its inscriptions, which cover the walls of the monument. These texts, known collectively as the Edfu Texts, are considered to …

May 27, 2021 · The walls of the Edfu Temple in Egypt are covered with a huge number of ancient inscriptions. The Edfu Texts contain valuable knowledge about ancient Egypt’s religion, …

The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt. The city was known in the Hellenistic period in Koine Greek as Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and …

As a whole, the Edfu inscriptions can be taken as a compendium of Egyptian religious thought. After the French egyptologist Auguste Mariette (1821-1881) had cleared the Edfu temple of …

THE text of this legend is cut in hieroglyphics on the walls of the temple of Edfu in Upper Egypt, and certain portions of it are illustrated by large bas-reliefs. Both text and reliefs were …

The whole inscription has been translated by Dieter Kurth in "The Temple of Edfu: A Guide by an Ancient Egyptian Priest". The extracts reproduced here give some of the dates, which were …

Aug 10, 2020 · Apart from its size and state of preservation, the Temple of Edfu is also notable for its large number of inscriptions, collectively known as the Edfu Texts, which seem to cover …

In 1986, Professor Dr. Dieter Kurth of Hamburg University initiated a long-term project that is devoted to a complete translation of the hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Temple of Edfu [2][3] in …

Only fragments of the hieroglyphic texts engraved into the walls of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt have been translated into English. Initially, translations were based on transcriptions by …