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On the occasion of the opening test of the sound and light show the at the Temple of Edfu, Aswan City
We are pleased to invite you and your guests to attend the show for free throughout the month of May 2010, before the official opening of the display in 06/01/2010
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Sound and light show at the Temple of Edfu

Due to the keenness of the Egyptian Company for Light and Sound, Film on the old definition of the Egyptian civilization and show the world in a better image through the expansion of sound and light shows in different temples throughout Egypt's historical.

The company is now implementing a new light and sound the Governor of Aswan, Edfu Temple tells the story of the god Horus, is the implementation of this project using the latest technology in sound and light, and will be open in April 2010.

That project will cost around 30 million pounds, has been the work of the stands offer a capacity of 300 people have been implementing the project using the latest technological devices to bring down the image, a giant lighting equipment is modern and friendly environment for the offer about 40 minutes was the work of supply is also available in Arabic, German, French and English were provided headphones translation of the four languages to enable visitors to hear the presentation is also available for them.

The Temple of Edfu:



The Temple of Edfu and the Temple of Horus Edfu in the Arab Republic of Egypt, in the city of Aswan. It is located 123 kilometers north of Aswan, the city of Edfu. One of the most beautiful temples in Egypt. Characterized by the magnitude of the building and its splendor. And dates This temple to the Ptolemaic era, the construction of this huge temple of the god "Horus" in the era of "Ptolemy III - Iorgits I" (the word "Iorgits" means "plus") in the year 237 BC. m, and completed its construction in the era of "Ptolemy XIII, "in the first century BC.
Built this temple in the city (Edfu), he singled to worship the god (Horus), and is the only temple, which has remained on good condition, he began to built the King) Ptolemy III), but because of war and strife continued to built an entire century, the temple begins the great edifice of height of 35 meters, such as the Berger (Ptolemy III) slaughtered enemies, followed by an open courtyard surrounded by columns on three sides, and in the middle of the altar for offerings, we come then to the lobby with a 12-column capitals representing plants and then enter the colonnade , and then we get into the zone by the dim light until we reach the Holy of Holies is located in the  another point in the temple.
The Temple of Edfu on the West Bank of the River Nile, located west of the Nile, a distance of approximately 1300 meters and connects it with the Nile węgierski small underground was used by the Pharaohs in the measurement of the river water was chosen as the intent of this site is lobbying the Egyptians as a political goal so that they can install their own rule in the country.
This consists of the gate of the temple consists of the lobby and lounge columns and open courtyard in front of Horus symbol and the yard short trip annual celebration is held, which was evaluated by the god Horus to bring his wife goddess (Hathor) Bdndrp of the temple to celebrate in the temple of Edfu temple hall, there by establishing clear patterns Temple colonnade, and then the other and the holy of holies and the room of origin and the boat which had been present trip was donated by the world (Marpett) of the temple, a temple that was discovered submerged under the earth and the year in 1869 by demonstrating that such a disclosure was archaeological in the modern era has not been disrupted by the visitors so far and this is synagogue one of the largest temples in Egypt and the various displays of this temple in the Roman period of combustion and therefore distort the walls and to lose the features of Greek civilization.
And condemns her celebrity status to the town of Edfu temple, which is one of the most beautiful temples, and he finished as the Egyptian elements are integrated to a large extent and is full of a considerable number of scenes and texts which were distinctive artistic style and not to Aizy (isi) one of the warlords, who have the God of Edfu and Abdel-agency for several centuries and have been registered on the walls of her temple legend of the conflict between Horus and how the spirit of Bhddty, who was a winged sun disk has overcome six and his son Horus was assisted by Isis myth Osoris has assisted a number of men who knew the art of the minerals industry has sung his victory priests of Edfu and women in Abu Sir Delta and was worshiped with Hathor Lady of Dendera, which was held relating to them and taken by the wife also adopted later El-Bohdoti Horus (Horus united the two countries) and the fact that his son, including Triad Edfu.
Legend of the winged sun was Horus Aladfoy an excellent place in Egyptian mythology the god Horus has taken the title of the winged sun disk since the age of the Sixth Dynasty, established a myth has a winged sun disk on the walls of the Temple of Edfu, where he was with him that the king of the god Ra Lord of the East Poplar my sister asked him overcome the rebels who revolted against him , headed idol of six that while it was cruising in Nubia in 363 of the wisdom so he chased them from south to north maker a man with a hawk's head or a lion, with head man has been defeated in several locations in the Nile and in particular Dandara and Fayoum to be tracked down to Nubia and the there is a shift to the sun with wings and rejoiced at the defeat Ra Hoor My sister has therefore ordered that this is the winged sun in every place where my sister is Re-Hor Thoth that makes this CD-winged everywhere Arbab, Upper and Lower Egypt, and so spread the slogan that adorns the doors of all temples and walked a symbol of victory, as well as a symbol to protect everybody's kings, but the machine became the symbol of the Kingdom

Architectural elements of the temple:





The temple consists of elements that absorb Almaabdalmbarp in the Ptolemaic period is followed by edifice begins with open courtyard, which are columns with crowns of the plant on three aspects, followed by Alasatin patio or lounge on the roof, which is twelve column, decorate the entrance of the granite statues of the god in the form of Populus Bhdty Saqr, follow this hall is another hall roof to twelve column also includes the right and left of the entrance was two rooms, one library and the other for keeping tools and utensils in religious ceremonies, followed by Rdhtan was the first of which is called base table, that they are dedicated to providing the offerings, while the other called the rest of God and ends Temple Bakds Holies, which contained the sarcophagus made of granite, which was dedicated to the Statue of the God and in front of a boat and takes the Holy of Holies Bakds twelve room recorded on the walls of the scenery and religious texts, there on the roof of the temple Miazib large parts of stone formed on the forms of black.



* Vestibule:
No external vestibule or corridor is about the temple and on its interior has been made of the internal walls of the scenery and the most important inscriptions different scenes myth and the rituals of the winged sun anniversary.



* Holy of Holies:
A large hall is independent from the other was not allowed to venture into the high priest or king, and was also illuminated through small openings in the ceiling in the middle of the altar were placed low above the sacred boat of Horus On the northern side there sarcophagus made of granite, was named King Nqttbo first was composed a statue of the sacred hawk Syed Edfu and takes Bakds Holies ten rooms was performed by the various rituals or ceremonies in which conservation tools.

* Small courtyard:
Leads to the door on the eastern side of the room past and there on the north side of the courtyard are limited up to him by a six-degrees and the columns with floral capitals and the landscape of the kings and Mlikat worship of the king Ptolemy and Arsinoe III and see the roof of the courtyard landscape Anhorat seven apses brought luck and happiness, or bad luck on the birth of children). On the western side of the room is limited to the machine fertility god Min and the offspring).



* Large courtyard:
Edifice, the door and leads to a large outdoor patio if the length of 46 meters by 42 meters and land was paved with stone and a large proportion of the effects that remain in the place and decorated with three aspects of the porticoes of 32 Asitona Tejan variety of styles, including what is in the form of palm trees, the flower is open and columns represent the same fees recessed King, who was not named, making offerings to local deities on the walls and the rear of the pillars of a series of drawings in the three groups where the king is depicted a different religious rituals practiced in the right side of the entrance (of the edifice of the rear wall) we believe the king out of his palace to Absa white crown of Upper Egypt and the leadership of a priest burning incense and the leadership of the four flags fluttering of Upper Egypt and the Thoth, Horus and head cleared Alalehtan Nephthys, and meetings of the Conference crown Almzdug and receives the scepter of Horus in the presence of Atom and Sashat Maatt and finally standing in front of the God Horus, Hathor, Edfu, Dandara and the God we find the bottom of the corresponding series of the other representing the corresponding celebration of the journey to the Nile south of Hathor Lady of Dendera Edfu Horus meet her husband and on the other side of the entrance is similar scenes of the king wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt colonnade (colonnade grand) and now we enter the hall major pillars on which the 18-column matrix in three within each row of which consists of three pillars on both sides of the Middle Passage did not remain jewelry any color and therefore, although safety, but will not Nsttie to see this living room as he saw her most beautiful and Mcedoha Williams Hall and the beauty of diversity and column capitals located on the right and left of the entrance for this room Hiklan Sgrian terms of structure located on the north is a room where the consecration is kept by the silver Balzhriaat second structure consisting of a library of books or large room for the rolls of papyrus in God Horus and Horakhcy.
Edfu temple was established in the reign of King Ptolemy XIII
After the death of Ptolemy XII wanted to be followed on the throne of his son Ptolemy XIII Cleopatra more sons and daughters of the seventh major govern together. But broke them Khalafat governance and in that time there was civil war ended in Rome, Julius Caesar celibacy rule and had tried to contending kings Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII included Julius Caesar to the Emperor described as the largest superpower in that time have joined with a team Faisr Cleopatra and fought against her brother Ptolemy XIII At that time it was burning ancient Library of Alexandria by mistake the midst of war and the war ended celibacy rule of Cleopatra VII and her brother killed

** Machine and the holidays associated with the temple:

* Eid visit Hathor:
Systems Egyptians annual visit by Hathor to the headquarters of her husband to Edfu is the visit has become an official holiday since the days of Tuthmosis III, they called the meeting good and they celebrated a big celebration out a statue of a priest Edfu Horus they encounter their fellow priests from the Dendera After thirteen days back a statue of Hathor Dendera priests to the temple has been carved scenes of the sacred marriage of the northern walls of the courtyard was the first festival being twice a year.


* House of God birthday:
Due to the construction of this Almamesy Ptolemy VIII and IX is a small temple near the temple shrine but noted that Mamesy Temple of Edfu is planning similar to the Hellenic temples, as well as columns surrounded by a feature of architecture in the Ptolemaic period does not exist in Egyptian architecture and was a rectangular building front hall consists of two and have peace on the right and a large compartment flanked by a portico of Alasatin with different crowns and Alasatin picture goddess Hathor, beating the daff or unwilling to Alzhnik (guitar) and suckling Horus.

* Scale of the Nile:
One of the highlights in the temple of Edfu, Nile, where the scale we find in the eastern corridor of the Temple of Peace supplements to the outside walls of the temple leads to a scale where the Nile was used to determine the general land lease in accordance with the quantity of flood water.




* Re - the spirit - my sister:


(Re my sister is free prose عا) any Re-Hor my sister the great God, a form of the sun god appears in the form of a hawk's head surmounted by a man the sun disk and cobra snake or a falcon-shaped or disk of the sun and the name of the god "Raa" and a "Horus horizontal"

* Poplar - Ba - grade:
(Populus Ba grade عا War Tby Amon n) any "spirit of the very great Bagrd first to Amun", a form of Horus is here, "Horus the child" who is known in Greek civilization and Romanian as "Harbokratis" member of the triad of Alexandria "Serapis - Isis -- Harbokratis "appears in the form of a boy distinguish a lock of hair and finger of one hand, extends towards the mouth expression on childhood and puts on his head a crown of two centuries and 3 Suppositories and two feathers.

* Horus:


"Remote" old god of the heavens, the Egyptians in the form of a hawk or a hawk's head and since the beginning of historical times was a symbol of Horus the king is alive or dead. He had many, including "Akhti Hor" (Horus horizons), "Horus the son of Isis", "titles some of Horus" (the Lord of Edfu), "El-Bohdoti Horus" (Unified earths), and (Horus Bachrd) (Horus the child). Have a significant role in the conflict with the evil represented in his uncle "six" who usurped the throne with his father "Osiris", which ended in victory




* I confirm that:
Embody the old land, and then of the underworld. Which is opposite to their backs lions of the horizon (sister) or the sun are guarded entrance and exit in the Hereafter and represent the god "Shu" and the goddess "Menhit
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** From the villages of the city of Edfu

* Valley village Alredesip: She is one of the new villages and away from the town of Edfu, about 15 km away from the highway about 3 kilometers to the east with a population of 4,152 people.
* Valley village Ebadi: It is the center of the ancient villages and farming village is in the first place and away from the town of Edfu, about 6 km through Edfu - Marsa Alam has a population of 4,552 people.
* Valley village Aidah: These are villages that have established for young people's project Smarat computer Edfu and away from the town of Edfu, about 8 km away from the road Edfu - Esna, about 3 km and a population of 117 people.


* Bustard village: Located on the western side of the River Nile to the northern entrance to the city of Edfu is the first to cordon the port of the north-west, which lies on the road to Edfu, Esna *-* west. Worship from the town of Edfu and the Center for about 3 km and an estimated ratio populated by about 65,538 thousand people. Are most important landmarks of the network adapters of Edfu Home Balhabari followed by 6 other villages belonging to the village to the number of Houbara in the 2-seat People's Assembly of the Center and local rates due rights to the country ((tribe Aldjaafarh)).



* Village of Ramadi North: Located west of the river Nile and storefront Edfu in the south and away from the town of Edfu, about 5 km, the largest village in Edfu population and area of the bathroom after the Pharaonic Naga non-Manar and has a population of 57,821 people. Ramadi tribal southern half of the most famous villages affiliate Aghannimip palm Fiqra Alhsaya Almarenab Alacarmep (Nha as God Alacarmep east and west of Naga Rikabi) Alpracej Rahmap Znicp Karabila Abu Sadeq punitive.

* Alklh Village: Located on the banks of the River Nile, Eastern and Western, and ranks second among the ten villages in terms of area and population from the town of Edfu, about 5 km and a population of 53.598 inhabitants.

* Village Alredesip sea: the third largest village of the status of Edfu and away from the town of Edfu, about 3 km and villages located on Highway Egypt - Aswan and extends about 10 km to the east of the Nile River, with a population of 40.135 inhabitants.