Edfu

Quick visit this morning to the T. of Edfu which is dedicated to Horus - their local favorite deity.

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The latest chaos in Egypt—where the military opened fire on unarmed protesters, and ran armored vehicles over them—killing 35 and injuring over 300, with the count still rising—originated in Edfu, a onetime tourist destination renowned for its pharaonic antiquities, but now known as the latest region to see a church destroyed by a Muslim mob.

Notable & Quotable 2011

We passed through the towns of Safaga, Edfu, Luxor and eventually Aswan, covering 600 miles over eight days.

Chris Fenar: Cycling Through Egypt on the Eve of an Uprising Chris Fenar 2011

We passed through the towns of Safaga, Edfu, Luxor and eventually Aswan, covering 600 miles over eight days.

Chris Fenar: Cycling Through Egypt on the Eve of an Uprising Chris Fenar 2011

While the mill office pays homage to the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the factory floor is set under a vaulted and top-lit roof supported by a forest of cast-iron columns doubling up as drainpipes.

In praise of … Temple Mill | Editorial 2011

But no one had presented themselves at the house for treatment for a while, and no one in the village had died for even longer, and so when Mr. Taylor told my Lady of his plans to travel on to Edfu, she asked if she might join him.

The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009

Omar had to bribe the nazir at Edfu to sell him some charcoal; we had had no means to brew tea or cook for several days.

The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009

Omar had to bribe the nazir at Edfu to sell him some charcoal; we had had no means to brew tea or cook for several days.

The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009

From Esna we sailed down to Edfu, where the roof of the great old temple was crowded with mud huts and the people who lived in them.

The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009

We visited all the great monuments—the temples at Abydos and Edfu, Luxor, Karnak, and Dendera; we rounded that famous bend in the river at Abu Simbel and came upon the four huge statues of Ramses II seated against the cliff, sand up to their knees.

The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009