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Photo Credit: Christine Mills
Photo Credit: Christine Mills
Photo Credit: Christine Mills
Photo Credit: Photo by Samer Khodeir on Unsplash
Photo Credit: Photo by Samer Khodeir on Unsplash
Photo Credit: Photo by Samer Khodeir on Unsplash
The Temple of Horus at Edfu has a massive entrance pylon covered with sunk relief carvings. This Ptolemaic temple was constructed between 237 and 57 B.C.E.

Once a year for the "Feast of the Beautiful Meeting," Hathor traveled from Dendera to Edfu to visit her husband/consort, Horus. Her arrival was scheduled for the afternoon of the new moon. The statues of the deities remained in the mammisi or birth house until the end of the festival at the full moon. The result of their union was their son Ihy or Horus-Sematawy.

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