Temple of Horus, Edfu
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The splendid capitals and reliefs of the Birth House at Edfu. This colonnaded structure was the site of the annual Festival of Coronation, which reenacted the divine birth of Horus and the reigning pharaoh. Around the back of the building are reliefs of Horus being suckled by Isis. A Birth House is a Greco-Roman feature that was not part of older pharaonic temples. Photo
Saulo Alvarado Mateos.
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