The restoration of the walls of the Edfu Temple in Upper Egypt has revealed stunning new scenes and vivid colours, reports Nevine El-Aref On the west bank of the Nile in Edfu in Upper Egypt stands the ...

The temple of Edfu is over 2,000 years old and centuries of dirt had built up on its walls. All the grime covered vibrant colors that add a new layer of meaning to the inscriptions. Restoring the ...

Egyptian and German experts have successfully restored the lost colors and glimmering metals that once enlivened ancient Egypt’s second largest, and perhaps best preserved, temple. Since 2021, Egypt’s ...

Edfu Temple contains inscriptions that reference events far earlier than dynastic Egypt. Many are fragmented, symbolic, and difficult to follow without context. Tracking these texts on-site proves far ...

A joint archeological mission revealed the original colors of the Edfu Temple, as well as never-before-seen hieroglyphic inscriptions. Reading time 2 minutes The ongoing restoration of one of the ...

Since the Esna Temple restoration began in 2018, impressive milestones have been achieved, including restoring the ceiling paintings illustrating ancient constellations and the goddess Nut and ...

Restorers working inside the temple of Edfu. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt A collaborative archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University ...

An American archaeological mission from the University of Chicago has unearthed an administrative building and silos dating back to Dynasty 17 (c. 1665-1569 BC), as well as an older columned hall ...