El Templo Mejor Conservado de Egipto! | EGIPTO #5

We're arriving here at the First Temple, after taking a ride in a cart through this part of the city. The truth is, it's super cool all the way because you see the life they lead here, it's like... No, it's very different, isn't it, from the Western. It's about an Egyptian. Well, we're here in the temple of Edfo, which is a temple dedicated to Horus. This temple is the first of those we're going to see that is no longer from the Pharaonic era, but is from the Greek era. When Alexander the Great conquered all this part of Egypt, it was in the hands of the Persians. And then, as they saw him as a liberator and such, well, when the Greeks imposed themselves here, They knew that what was the faith of the Egyptians was very strong, they knew that they were not going to be able to convert, right? As has, for example, Christianity in other parts of the world. So, what they did was, instead of forcing them to believe in the Greek gods, They created and, in fact, encouraged the construction of this type of temples that promoted faith in pharaohs and pharaoh gods. And then, as a result of that, there was this temple that they built here in Edfu, which is the best, the best preserved temple in all of Egypt. We're in the interior, this is the square where the old people could enter. Oh, well, the pueblo could go in here and worship their gods, but they couldn't go beyond what is the inner enclosure. It was exclusive to the Pharaoh, the priest, and I don't know if there are any more, but good. Pharaoh and priest, right? And here they also had parties, right? There are things like that. It was like the part a little bit more where the pueblo would meet. Yeah, because they're bringing in the offerings and stuff, because it was here, let's say, the meeting place. Oh, sea, every part of the Egyptian Pharaoh temples has a porch. As you have noticed, in all the temples the entrance is similar. It has like two side pillars and in the middle is the entrance, which never has a door because they looted them all. Because there were so many gold plates, they looted them to use them too. They had metals and stuff, then to make weapons and now to get other things in exchange. And then what's curious is that in the upper part of the doors all are represented in the same way. It's like the circle of the sun. You mean that? - I know. No, but a ver, la puerta, or sea, el pilón, what it does is represent the entrance of the sun and the sunset. It's like the sun's cycle, and that's why they're oriented east, too. And downtown is very attractive because there are cobras too. The sea, in the upper part of the entrances is always represented in the same way. There's the sun, then laterally there are the two cobras and above are the vulture. Because what he represented was the sun, which was the god Ra, the greatest god of all, the Pharaohs. And then the cobra and the vulture that were the gods, the representation of the gods in Upper and Lower Egypt. When Egypt was divided in two. In fact, here you can still see a little bit of the painting and everything. Ah, the son of azules. Horus is represented with a hawk and here we have a sculpture of him on each side. And this is much better, this is super complete. In fact it's the only complete one. And you see, there's one wing on each side, this one's a little bit more ruined. But this one here is super complete and is the best preserved falcon sculpture in all of Egypt. And nothing, we're going to show you the inside now. This temple is the best preserved in all of Egypt for a reason. And while the rest of the temples were very exposed to the erosion and wind or that the different civilizations were destroying them, The advantage this had was similar to the one of Tutankhamun's tomb we saw yesterday. And that temple was buried in the sand years after its construction Because it's in a part of the... O sea, Egypt is all desert, 95% of it desert. Then it's very exposed to sandstorms that were covering the temple little by little. And in fact if you look at the outside of this part, the whole area, it looks like the temple, The whole surface is more at a lower level than what's around it. And that's why, because it's all been under the arena. Then this temple was discovered about 150 years ago, in 1860 or so. And they discovered the upper part of the temple, and they were digging it up. So of course, having been buried in the arena, since it's preserved, it's preserved practically as it was built. Here they worshipped the god Horu, just as where we were yesterday they worshipped Amon and what was the triad, All the way to the cycle of Amon, Mut y Honzo. And in this area, the one who was worshiped was Horus, who was the third part of the marriage between Osiris and Isis, They are the main gods that are in the area of Aswan, that is where we will go tomorrow. But in this whole area they worshiped Horus. This area we're going through is super cool. This whole area is the one that surrounds the main part of the temple, where Horus was worshiped. And that, it's full of all the engravings, of how they tell the pagan story, How are they transporting the god Horus here? Here we are in the main hall, where here you worshiped a Horus. And here we have a replica of one of the boats that was used to transport the gods across the Nile, From one temple to another. And this is not the original, although in this temple we found the only boat. It's just like this, but real. It's the only boat that's been found from ancient Pharaonic Egypt, The ones used to transport the gods. And that's the gift of Egypt to France. It's in the Louvre. Yes, when we went to France we didn't see it, but if we come back anyway we'll see if we see the barca. But it's curious because they're not known. The typical, this painting, this sculpture and so on, but it's not the barque. You're the only one in Egypt. And that Egypt wants it. To the guide who's going to tell us the things in plan, God, we give them the only magic boat, That's what they used then, and they give us this shit that's this replica. It's like the temple we went to, the one in Luxor, had the two monoliths that are in the entrance. There was only one. And if you do, it's the same monolith that's on the Plaza de la Concordia in Paris. And they also gave them a broken watch for that monolith. The clock never worked. Yes, they gave you that monolith that is in the Plaza de la Concordia. And France as a thank you gave him a huge watch. And curiously, it's a clock that hasn't worked since it came to Egypt. Oh, and I gave you the monolith for a change of a clock. Subtitles by the community of Amara.org