3050 x 5776 px | 25,8 x 48,9 cm | 10,2 x 19,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
19 gennaio 2010
Ubicazione:
Esna, Egypt
Altre informazioni:
Esna is located about fifty kilometers south of Luxor The temple of Esna was dedicated to Khnum and Neith, and Hak their offspring. It is built of red sandstone, and its portico consists of six rows of four columns each, with lotus-leaf capitals, all of which differ from each other. The pronaos, which alone exists, resembles in style that of Apollonopolis Magna (Edfu), and was begun not earlier than the reign of Claudius (41-54 AD), and completed in that of Vespasian (died 79AD), whose name and titles are carved on the dedicatory inscription over the entrance. Tuthmosis III laid the foundations of the Temple in the 18th Dynasty, but Ptolemaic and Roman Emperors, from 40-250 A.D, completed it, and their names are recorded all over the Temple walls. The remains of the Temple contain a hall of columns, with 24 pillars, beautifully decorated with lotus and palm capitals. The walls are covered with 4 rows of relief’s, showing Ptolemaic and Roman Emperors dressed in Pharaoh costumes, sacrificing to the God of the Temple.
