Art, Symbol & Imagination
Temple of Horus at Edfu
The broad pylon of the Temple of Horus rises behind clustered roofs and palms, with a bare ridge in the distance. Buildings fill the foreground rather than leaving the monument isolated. The caption identifies Edfu. In Spence’s illustrated account, the photograph places the religious site within an inhabited landscape; no individual photographer is named on the visible plate.
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Photographer uncredited on the plate. "Temple of Horus at Edfu" [editorial title]. In Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt, Lewis Spence. September 1923 Harrap reprint; first published August 1913, 1923, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Source scan leaf 61. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/egypt-documentary-plate-61
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full source scan and printed caption actually inspected. Complete original plate and caption retained; only crop and stated orientation correction applied to checksum-verified private R2 derivative.
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Photographer uncredited on the plate. Temple of Horus at Edfu. Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt. Scan leaf 61. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/egypt-documentary-plate-61