Inside The Best-Preserved Egyptian Temple! ESNA

Are you ready for the spectacle of colors? Let’s go to the city of Esna to explore one of the last ancient Egyptian temples ever built and the last one decorated with hieroglyphs! Located around 60 km south of Luxor, the existing, ancient structure is currently situated in an enormous pit, almost 10 meters below the current city level. Its most known feature is the columns, which not only display beautiful and one-of-a-kind capitals, but are almost entirely covered, not with the offering scenes, but with religious texts.

Join me to learn about the history of this site, see its beauty as if you’d be there yourself, and learn more about the ancient rituals and the principal deities of the temple - the ancient Egyptian gods of creation - Khnum and Neith.

The history of the place is so rich that not only you will hear about the 18th dynasty pharaohs like Amenhotep II or Thutmose III but also the names of the Roman emperors like Claudius, Commodus, Trajan, Domitian, and many more. There are also the Ptolemies, who erected the second temple; among them Ptolemy V, who initiated its construction, and his successors, who finished and started decorating the temple like Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII, and Cleopatra II.

Let’s go!
Explored in February 2023.

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It's a must-see video for all of you, who visit Egypt - the country of the first pharaohs. To appreciate and cherish the magic of the place before you travel to Egypt watch this. My vlog / full documentary will give you a little taste of ancient wonders: ancient architecture, ancient beliefs, and ancient history.

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