Edfu Texts Reveal Secrets Of Predynastic Egypt And Zep Tepi

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Edfu temple is one of the most sacred buildings in Egypt. Known today as Idfu, the ancient city of Edfu located in Upper Egypt, located sixty miles south of Luxor owes its importance to the Temple of Horus.

“It took from 237 to 57 BCE to build and decorate the Horus temple – the largest temple still standing in Egypt.” ¹

Having stood for a long time covered by sand, the magnificent temple was long forgotten, but French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette (1821-1881) and his team spent many years clearing the ancient building, bringing its secrets to light. The vast number of inscriptions carved on the walls of the Edfu temple offers a unique insight into the enigmatic ancient Egyptian history.

“The Horus temple text have been published in their entirety, and the construction and descriptions of different sections of that temple were recorded in the dedication texts.” ¹

The French Egyptologist Emile Chassinat (1868-1948) spent 40 years examining the enormous number of Edfu inscriptions. He copied the texts, inscriptions, and scenes from the temple walls and published his research consisting of fourteen volumes. Eight volumes contained 3,000 pages of hieroglyphical texts, two volumes were filled with sketches and four volumes offered unique and fascinating. Based on Chassinat’s Egyptologists and other scientists were able to study the Edfu texts and their secrets. Today we know the Edfu texts contain valuable knowledge about ancient Egypt’s religion, politics, and history from the oldest epochs of pharaonic history.

What Can The Edfu Texts Reveal About Zep Tepi?

“In the passage separating the temple from the enclosure wall, engravings tell the great myths: that of the genesis of the temple, the Horus myth, the rite of net hunting, and the feast on the first day of the month called Tybi." ¹

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