40/43.- Aswan, cafe

In this photo you can see another of the many coffee shops in Aswan. Only men are allowed to sit in their tables. Women visitors should take note of this.

Another recommended day trip from Aswan is the city of Edfu, 65 miles North. In this city you can visit the best preserved cult temple in Egypt: the temple of Horus.

This temple dedicated to the god Horus was began in 237 BC by Ptolemy III and was finished in 57 BC by Ptolemy X III, the father of Cleopatra. 118 feet (36 m) high pylons with typical scenes of the pharaoh in battle with his enemies lead into the hypostyle hall. In this hall there are numerous reliefs, in one of them the annual reunion between Horus and his wife hathor is depicted. Beyond the great hypostyle hall there is the chamber of the Nile. After this second hypostyle hall there is the sanctuary.

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