Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Temple of Edfu

Location

Karnak,Qina

Country

Egypt

Year of Research

1860

Culture

This site, located in a natural rock amphitheater on the Western bank of the Nile, directly across from Karnak, and marking the entrance to the Valley of Kings, is most known for the beautiful temple of Queen Hatshepsut, a pharaoh of the New Kingdom.
However, ruins of two other temples can be found there, as well as a number of private tombs.
A shaft burial place was found to contain forty royal mummies from the 11th Dynasty, which had apparently been reinterred there by 21st Dynasty priests.
The mummies of priests were also found there.
But Queen Hatshepsut’s temple is by far the most significant aspect of the site, and the temple’s beauty has been compared to the Parthenon.
Its reliefs and paintings have been carefully restored.