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The Ptolemaic and Roman Temple of Khnum at Esna, Egypt
"My photos and videos of this remarkable, and little-visited, temple of late ancient Egyptian date. It was one of the last to be built before Christian times. It presumably replaced an earlier structure but today only the hypostyle hall is extant." from the video introduction
Esna Temple
"The town of Esna (Iunyt or Ta-senet to the ancient Egyptians and Latopolis to the Greeks) is roughly 50 km south of Luxor (ancient Thebes). It seems that the first temple (or shrine) in Esna was built during the reign of Thuthmosis III (during the New Kingdom), but the present temple dates from the Greco-Roman period, when the town of Esna became the capital of the third nome of Upper Egypt.
The temple of Esna is primarily dedicated to Khnum (a god of the Nile who moulded the “ka” on his potters wheel) but was also dedicated to a number of other deities, most notably Neith (the ancient goddess of war and weaving), Heka ( the personification of magic), Satet (a goddess of the Nile), and Menhet (the lion goddess who was the wife of Khnum at Esna)..." from the article: Esna Temple
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