In the late second century BC, is one of the Ptolemies days of Ramadaan, but perhaps it was Ptolemy IX Soter II, remove build the ancient temple, which was held since the reign of King Khufu of Hathor, and the establishment of the Temple of another new on its ruins, not only around the middle of the first century, during the reign of the Roman emperors , This is the temple of the coolest narrated architecture in the era of the Ptolemies and the Romans he shares that era temples in distinctive properties.And extending around the building of the temple the whole exterior wall strikethrough in the northern door of the temple, which leads to the courtyard no roof to him, located behind the patio lounge columns major, a large hall holds its roof Twenty-four columns of huge, arranged in four rows to be the first wall of the lobby outside, as connecting the pillars of this grade to each other walls are short on style Temple of Edfu, up these curtains here also to about mid-height of the columns, which carry Afrisa huge adornment sun disk with wings, and in the frieze inscription predicts that the construction of this hall has been in twenty of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, and that the people of the Directorate and its capital may Ohdoh the name of this emperor gods Avrodety (ie Hathor) and peers of the gods, and above these columns are the heads of the type known heads of columns Hathor and adorn these columns and walls views and religious inscriptions and symbols, arranged degrees, one above the other in the abundance made jostled each other, but the landscape is not without wit as it can be seen the royal visit to the temple and giving loss to the gods, but ceiling فكله the decorated astronomical views.And lead this hall large lounge small columns carry the roof six columns, heads of the type known heads of flowers or warheads mounted, and adorn the columns of this gym and on the walls views relate to the construction of the temple, and in relation to each side of this hall three rooms were used for the storage needs of the temple and vows, and lead Hall columns Minor into two rooms small, one behind the other on the pattern temple Edfu, called the first hall "Hall of the altar," where they offer sacrifices, covering walls views represent the king offerings to Hathor and her son, and to the right of the hall and its left are stairs up to the surface of the temple, and adorn the walls of the stairs views procession of the gods, when he was carrying in the collection of rally, lined manifestations of greatness and glory, to take a look at property great, called the second hall "Hall of the nine sacred", which is no more than pass a simple cover walls views indicate that Hathor Tgesmt of where all the other gods alone has become the source of life, and to the sides of each of these halls are no rooms.And lead the second hall to the Holy of Holies, a hall decorated with scenes visit Pharaoh to the gods, and surrounding this hall holy vestibule leads to eleven small room next to each other, had each of them a special name, such as "Room flame" and "the throne of Ra" and "Union sided "and" Chamber of Birth "and" Baath room "etc. .. But it is now impossible to know the purpose of these rooms, having lost names that suggest significance.Among the most important properties of this temple is the large number of cellars, which were built in the thickness of the walls below ground level and covered entrances panels rocky moving all of these cellars are decorated with carvings prominent color, and it was one for the establishment of secret rituals of the gods, and others to save the treasures of the temple that has to be it was a great value .And adorn the walls of the temple from the outside represents the views of a number of worship of the gods, and sees in these scenes Cleopatra VII, in the form of the gods Isis, and her son Caesarion two Atabdan to the gods.This temple, like other temples of the Ptolemies and the Romans, although delayed his reign and created after the demise of the State of the pharaohs and the spread of the art of Greek in Egypt, does not differ in substance from the temples of the pharaohs not showing any trace of art Greek, it is pure Egyptian in its layout and architecture and .
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