EGYPTIAN TEMPLEEDFU

PARTS OF THE TEMPLE

WHO ORDERED THE CONSTRUCTION?

Ptolomeo III

Was built by the Greeks

WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED?

BETWEEN

57 BC237 BC

HORUSPTOLEAMIC

GREEEKS

Which are the materials used in Edfu´s temple?

Basalt-Alabaster: Floor Pink Granite: Inner walls Limestone: Walls (Normally

outer)

Different machines The inclined

plane (To move things with

less effort)

The wedge (To cut things

quickly)

Simple pulley (To raise things

easily)

Wheel and axe (To move the stones)

The lever (To raise the stones)

STRESSES

Shearing Compression Compression

Different places

Different elementsColumns

Beams

Stairs

PARTS OF THE TEMPLE

After the reconstructi

on of the Temple of Edfu this were the known

parts and rooms they´ve found.

ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE

*Pylon: big stone used as a counterweight to the beam clamp.

*Inner sanctum: room where the image of a god of was venerated.

*Sacred boat pedestral: body with cilindrical/rectangular shape that usually holds a statue.

*Hypostyle hall: ceiling supported by columns.

*Unroofed courtyard: yard without roof.

Different information pages

Of materials: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/material.htm http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/temples/home.html Of the rest: www.google.es

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