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Ancient Egypt Temples

Egypt is synonymous with Pharaohs

The pyramids, temples and antiquities from ancient civilizations

The magnificence of the painted Valley of the Kings, exquisite temples and the pyramids were all sought-after subjects of admiration, and many were already 2,500 years old!

Temples

Home to the Gods

The ancient Egyptians believed that temples were the homes of the gods and goddesses. Every temple was dedicated to a god or goddess and he or she was worshipped there by the temple priests and the pharaoh.

The large temple buildings were made of stone so that they would last forever. Their walls were covered with scenes that were carved onto the stone then brightly painted. These scenes showed the pharaoh fighting in battles and performing rituals with the gods and goddesses.

In ancient Egypt temples were constructed to house the numerous deities, both male and female, that were at the center of Egyptian mythology and religion.

Today, the remains of some ancient Egyptian temples are nothing more than crumbled ruins. Other ancient Egypt temples have stood the test of time and rise up alongside modern apartment complexes and shopping centers; a testament to the fact that much of the ancient world is still a tremendous part of modern Egypt

Ancient Egyptian

Temples

Temples were found everywhere. Each city had a temple built for the god of that city. The purpose of the temple was to be a cosmic center by which men had communication with the gods. As the priests became more powerful, tombs became a part of great temples.

There are two parts of the temple; the outer temple where the beginning initiates are allowed to come, and the inner temple where one can enter only after proven.

Many of Egypt's temples became complex systems of buildings, added to by generations of pharaohs over sometimes thousands of years.

Here Is A List Of

The Most Famous Temples

In Egypt

Welcome To The Temples

** Cairo's Temples

TEMPLE	LOCATION	DEDICATED TO
The Pyramids of Giza	Some 8 km (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km (15 mi) southwest of Cairo city centre.	Each of the three temple of giza pyramids had a complete monumental complex of mortuary temples, Mastabas tombs, smaller subsidiary pyramids, in which members of the royal family and officials were buried.
The Pyramid of Saqqara	Some 30 km south of modern-day Cairo, Saqqara covers an area of around 7 km by 1.5 km	Zoser's Step Pyramid is generally considered the first tomb in Egypt to be built entirely of stone.

** Upper Egypt's Temples

Abu Simbel

Great temple

250km south-east of Aswan, Nubia.

Great temple is dedicated to Amun-Re, Re-Horakhty, Ptah and Ramesses II. Smaller temple dedicated to Hathor and Queen Nefertari.

Philae

Elephantine Island

Temple of Isis

Originally on Philae Island, Aswan, but relocated 1972-1980 to nearby Agilqiyya Island by UNESCO.

Ptolemaic temple dedicated to Isis.

Elephantine Island

Philae

Temple of Khnum

Elephantine Island, Aswan.

Khnum and Sati, New Kingdom temple, now mostly in ruins.

Edfu

Temple of Horus

Edfu, 60 miles north of Aswan, Upper Egypt.

Horus. First new temple to be built by the Ptolemies.

Kom Ombo

One temple dedicated to Sobek, the other to Haroeris.

40km north of Aswan, Upper Egypt.

"Dual" Ptolemaic temple, one temple dedicated to Sobek, the other to Haroeris.

Kom Ombo

Temple of

Horemheb, Speos

It located at Kom Ombo, Across the river from Silsila.

Temple dedicated to Horemheb.

Kalabsha

Mandulis "local god"

50km south of Aswan, Upper Egypt. The largest freestanding Nubian temple in Egypt, it was relocated by UNESCO in 1970, with the building of the High Dam.

Mandulis "local god" a Nubian form of Horus, shown with an elaborate head-dress of cobras and a sun disc.

Beit el-Wali

Near New Kalabsha

It is located just south of the Aswan High Dam, In Northern Nubia, Near New Kalabsha.

The temple show Ramesses making offerings to gods, including Isis, Horus, Khnum, Satet and Anukis.

Amada

god Amon Ra, and RA Hor –Ahkty

It is located at 115 KM to the south of Aswan Upper Egypt.

It was dedicated to the god Amon Ra, and RA Hor –Ahkty. Additions were made later on by king Thutmoes IV and it was renovated at the time of king Seti I .

Asyut

A jackal god of Middle Egypt

Capital of the 13th Upper Egyptian Nome, roughly midway between Cairo and Aswan.

Wepwawet, a jackal god of Middle Egypt.

Luxor

Temple of

Amenhotep III &

Ramesses II

"Ramesseum"

Thebes, West Bank, Luxor

Amun-Kamutef. Built largely by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II.

Karnak

Karnak, Thebes, Luxor

Amun-Re, Mut and Montu. The largest temple complex, built and enlarged over a 1300 year period.

Deir el-Bahri

temple of

Hapshepsut

Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Luxor

The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut.

Medinat Habu

Ramesses III

Medinat Habu, Thebes

Amun. New Kingdom temple complex built by Ramesses III, modelled on the Ramesseum. Completely enclosed by a defensive wall.

Dendera

The Temple Of Hathor

Dendera, near modern Qena, 60km north of of at Deir el-Medina, Luxor, Upper Egypt.

Hathor. Ptolemaic temple constructed between 54 BC - 20 BC.

Esna

Temple of Khnum

Esna, 50km south of Luxor.

Khnum. The temple now stands in the middle of the modern town at a level of about 9m below the surrounding ground.

Abydos Temple of Seti & temple of Ramesses II	Sacred site 50km south of modern Sohag. Temple of Seti also incorporates the flooded underground temple of the Osireion.	Temple of Seti with chapels dedicated to Ptah, Re-Horakhty, Amun, Osiris, Isis and Horus. Temple of Ramesses II dedicated to Osiris.
Tell El-Amarna Akhetaten The Temple of Kom el-Nana	El-Amarna, 280km south of Cairo, the new capital city founded by Akhenaten. "Island of Aten, distinguished in Jubilees"	Temple complexes dedicated to Aten, the sun-disc. The Great temple of Aten and the Small (Royal) temple of Aten.
Colossi of Memnon The Temple Memnon	West Bank, Thebes. Aerial view of temple site.	Mortuary temple of Amenhotep III. Largest temple ever built. All that now remains are the two enormous statues that guarded the outer gates.
Bahariya Oasis Temple of Ain el-Muftella	The Temple of Ain el-Muftella may have once served as the city center of El Qasr which is today the modern town of Bawiti in the Bahariya Oasis.	The temple werebuilt by a high priest named Zed-Khonsu-Efankh
Modern Cairo, Heliopolis Temple of Re-Horakhty	Ancient Heliopolis, under the North-western suburbs of modern Cairo.	Site of the first sun-temple at the ancient city of On, dedicated to Re-Horakhty.
Modern Cairo, Memphis Temples to Sekhmet and Nefertem	Ancient capital city of Ancient Egypt, 24km south of modern Cairo.	Main temple dedicated to Ptah. Earlier temples to Sekhmet and Nefertem (who formed a triad with Ptah) clearly existed. A smaller temple to Ptah also exists on the site.
Osireion Temples to Osireion which is situated to the west of Seti I	Abydos, 145km north of Luxor between Sohag and Qena.	Osiris. Interpreted as a symbolic tomb of Osiris, the Osireion dates from the reign of Seti I and is situated to the west of Seti's temple at Abydos.
Mallawi temples to Artemidos, Speos	About 2 miles southwest of Beni Hassan, It is located in the Batn el-Baqara wadi.	It is dedicated to the lion-goddess Pakhet.
Madinat Madi temples to Narmuthis	The temple is about 30 km (19 mile) southwest of Medinet El-Fayoum	It was Built by Amenemhet III, and is dedicated to everal gods such as the gods Sobek, Ernutet and Horus.