The temple of Edfu - The outer Hypostyle Hall 2

The Temple of Edfu - The outer Hypostyle Hall 2

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The Hall of Offerings
the Hall of Offerings entrance isA small doorway, decorated with splendid reliefs of the sacred barques of Horus and The

goddess Hathor

.

During the New Year Festival, the image of Horus was carried up the ascending stairway on the left to be revitalized by the sun, then carried back down the descending stairway.

Reliefs on the walls of both stairways depict the event, but a flashlight is necessary and locked gates may make access difficult.

The Sanctuary of Horus

Inside the sanctuary at the centre of the temple.
**At the end of the Temple is the sanctuary, which includes a niche of grey granite where a statue of the God is supposed to be placed.

In front of the dais is a pedestal for the resting of the divine boat.

The sanctuary is surrounded, on the outside, by 12 rooms, where many religious scenes were depicted on their walls.

Some of these rooms were used as storerooms, while the others were dedicated for different religious purposes.
**The sanctuary itself is surrounded by chapels and rooms which, when facing north and in clockwise order, are the chapel of Min, the chamber of linen where the robs of the Horus would have been stored, the chamber of the throne of gods, the chamber of Osiris, the chamber of the West, the tomb of Osiris, the chamber of the victor (Horus), where there is a reconstructed ceremonial barge (barque), chapels of Khonsu and The

goddess Hathor

, the chapel of the throne of Re and a chapel of the spread wings, dedicated principally to Mehit, the lioness who guarded the path the soul passed on its journey towards resurrection.

The front chapel on the east is the Chapel of the New Year, a sun court like that at Dendera.
Here, a depiction on the ceiling show the voyage of the solar barque through the Twelve Hours of the day, with an inspiring image of the goddess, Nut.
**The Sanctuary of Horus, the holiest part of the Temple.

The sanctuary centers on a black-granite shrine that was dedicated by Nectanebo II, making it the oldest relic in the Temple.

This once contained the gilded wooden cult image of Horus.

Next to the shrine is an offering table and the ceremonial barque (barge) on which Horus was carried during festivals.

Reliefs on the right (east) wall of the sanctuary show Philopator (

Ptolemy

 IV) worshipping Horus, The

goddess Hathor

 and his deified parents in the sanctuary.

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