El-Kab
Edfu, Egypt
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What is the meaning of El Kab?
Elkab also spelled El-Kab is an Upper Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile at the mouth of the Wadi Hillal about 80 kilometres south of Luxor(ancient Thebes).Elkab was called Nekheb in the Egyptian language (late Coptic:[ən'kab]),a name that refers to Nekhbet, the goddess depicted as a white vulture.
Was the Temple of Edfu buried in sand?
Built from 237 – 57 BCE The Temple of Edfu was buried under centuries of sand and silt until the nineteenth century, when French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette rediscovered the site.
Where is El Kab?
Elkab is in Upper Egypt, located on the east side of the Nile River, almost to the opposite of Hierakonpolis (on the other side of the river) and about fifty miles above Thebes.
Are Edfu and Horus the same?
It was the 'home' and cult centre of the falcon god Horus of Behdet (the ancient name for Edfu), although the Temple of Horus as it exists today is Ptolemaic.