Statue of Horus, the falcon god.

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Statue of Horus, the falcon god at the entrance to the first pylon of the Ptolemaic temple of Horus. The temple, built of sandstone blocks in a classic pharaonic style between 237BC - 57 BC. The largest and best preserved Greaco-Roman temple in Egypt, Edfu, Egypt.

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Size: 3577px × 5584px
Location: Edfu, Egypt.
Photo credit: © nigel Westwood / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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