North Africa
Egypt
Aswan Governorate

Temple of Edfu

The Temple of Edfu is an Egyptian temple located on the west bank of the Nile in , . The city was known in the Hellenistic period in Koine Greek as Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις and in Latin as Apollonopolis Magna, after the chief god Horus, who was identified as Apollo under the interpretatio graeca.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Egyptian temple, located on the west bank of the Nile in Edfu, Upper Egypt
  • Also known as: “Edfu Temple” and “Temple of Horus”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edfu.

Photo: MatthiasKabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between and , with a population of approximately 60,000 people. is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell .

Temple of Edfu

Latitude
24.97717° or 24° 58′ 38″ north
Longitude
32.87232° or 32° 52′ 20″ east
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
Open location code
7GPJXVGC+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 275813770
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
355842
Wiki­data ID
Q613037
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Temple of Edfu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد إدفو”
  • Arabic: “معبد ادفو”
  • Armenian: “Իդֆուի տաճար”
  • Asturian: “Templu d’Edfu”
  • Asturian: “Templu de Edfu”
  • Azerbaijani: “İdfu məbədi”
  • Basque: “Edfuko tenplua”
  • Belarusian: “Эдфускі храм”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм в Едфу”
  • Catalan: “temple d’Edfú”
  • Catalan: “Temple d’Edfú”
  • Cebuano: “Temple of Horus”
  • Chinese: “埃德富神廟”
  • Czech: “Chrám v Edfu”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Horus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد ادفو”
  • Finnish: “Edfun temppeli”
  • French: “temple d’Horus”
  • French: “Temple d’Horus”
  • Georgian: “ედფუს ტაძარი”
  • German: “Tempel von Edfu”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Εντφού”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש אדפו”
  • Igbo: “Ụlọ nsọ ndị Horus”
  • Igbo: “Ụlọ nsọ nke Edfu”
  • Igbo: “Ụlọ nsọ”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Edfu”
  • Irish: “Teampall Edfu”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Edfu”
  • Japanese: “エドゥフ神殿”
  • Japanese: “エドフ神殿”
  • Korean: “에드푸 신전”
  • Latin: “Templum Hori”
  • Luxembourgish: “Horus-Tempel”
  • Malay: “Kuil Edfu”
  • Malayalam: “എഡ്ഫു ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tempelet i Idfu”
  • Norwegian: “Tempelet i Idfu”
  • Persian: “معبد حوروس در ادفو”
  • Persian: “معبد هوروس در ادفو”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Edfu”
  • Russian: “Храм Хора”
  • Russian: “Храм Эдфу”
  • Serbian: “Храм у Едфуу”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Edfu”
  • Swedish: “Templet i Idfu”
  • Tajik: “Маъбади Идфу”
  • Tamil: “எட்ஃபூ கோயில்”
  • Turkish: “Edfu Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Едфу”
  • Urdu: “معبد ادفو”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Templo han Edfu”
  • Yue Chinese: “埃德富神廟”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Temple of Edfu”. Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.