Place:Edfu, Aswan, Egypt

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NameEdfu
Alt namesApollinopolissource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 336
Apollinopolis Magnasource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 23; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 70
Atbosource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 266
Behdetsource: Wikipedia
Djebasource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 266
Edfousource: Wikipedia
Idfusource: Wikipedia
Idfūsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates24.977°N 32.873°E
Located inAswan, Egypt
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Edfu (, ; also spelt Idfu, or in modern French as Edfou) is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately sixty thousand people. Edfu is the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus and an ancient settlement, Tell Edfu. About south of Edfu are remains of ancient pyramids.

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