Edfu

E296798

archaeological site city

Edfu is an ancient Egyptian city best known for its remarkably well-preserved Ptolemaic temple dedicated to the falcon god Horus.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Edfu canonical	10
modern town of Edfu	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ city ⓘ
ancientName	Behdet ⓘ Djeba ⓘ
connectedBy	Nile River transport ⓘ highway ⓘ railway ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
dedicatedDeity	Horus ⓘ
governedBy	Egyptian local authorities ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalImportance	inscriptions preserving Ptolemaic religious texts ⓘ well-preserved temple reliefs ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature	enclosure wall ⓘ hypostyle hall ⓘ pylon ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterial	sandstone ⓘ
hasClimate	hot desert climate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	ancient Egyptian cult of Horus ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	major cult center of Horus ⓘ
hasEarlierOccupation	Pharaonic period ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage	Hellenistic architecture ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic architecture ancient Egyptian architecture ⓘ
hasLanguageHistorically	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ Greek ⓘ
hasMainPeriod	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic period
hasModernLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
hasNearbyRiver	Nile ⓘ
hasNearbySite	Kom Ombo ⓘ Hierakonpolis ⓘ surface form: Nekhen
hasOrientation	east–west temple axis ⓘ
hasPreservationStatus	well-preserved temple complex ⓘ
hasRegion	Nile Valley ⓘ
hasReliefSubject	Contendings of Horus and Set ⓘ surface form: myth of Horus and Seth
hasReligion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
hasStructureType	temple town ⓘ
hasTemple	Temple of Edfu ⓘ surface form: Temple of Horus at Edfu
hasTouristAttraction	Temple of Edfu ⓘ surface form: Temple of Horus at Edfu
knownFor	Horus cult center ⓘ surface form: Temple of Horus
locatedBetween	Aswan ⓘ Luxor ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedOn	west bank of the Nile ⓘ
partOf	Aswan Governorate ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Horus → worshipCenter → Edfu ⓘ

Aswan Governorate → containsCity → Edfu ⓘ

Ta Shemau → majorCity → Edfu ⓘ

Ta-Shema → contains → Edfu ⓘ

Hierakonpolis → locatedNear → Edfu ⓘ

this entity surface form: modern town of Edfu

Temple of Kom Ombo → nearbyCity → Edfu ⓘ

Temple of Edfu → locatedIn → Edfu ⓘ

Temple of Edfu → nearbyCity → Edfu ⓘ

Ihy → worshipCenter → Edfu ⓘ

Cairo–Aswan highway → connectsTown → Edfu ⓘ

Gebel el-Silsila → locatedBetween → Edfu ⓘ