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The holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

The holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905. We are now standing where only the King and High Priest were allowed to enter, in the holy of holies of the great Horus Temple at Edfu...where the sacred processions stopped as the High Priest went in to perform the daily ritual before the god in the holy place, while on the great feast days a multitude of this man's ancestors thronged the court outside. They were simple villagers like him; they never saw the interior of this holy chamber. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

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Relief of the Pharaoh between two goddesses, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, c251BC-c246BC

Relief of the Pharaoh between two goddesses, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, c251 BC-c246 BC. The Pharaoh wearing the Double Crown of Upper & Lower Egypt stands between two goddesses: The goddess on left wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt while the goddess on right wears the White Crown of Upper Egypt

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Portico of the sandstone Temple of Edfu dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, Egypt, 1838. Artist: Louis Haghe

Portico of the sandstone Temple of Edfu dedicated to the falcon-headed god Horus, Egypt, 1838. The temple was built during the Ptolemaic period between 237 and 57 BC. Lithograph after a watercolour by Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864) dated 28 November 1838. Roberts travelled extensively in Egypt and the Holy Land. The sketches of the sites he visited on his journeys were lithographed by Louis Haghe, a prominent Victorian lithographer, and published in a book, which was hugely popular. From the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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