the temple of edfu

1. THE TEMPLE OF EDFU

2. Where is the temple ?
West banks
of the river
Nile
In the city of
Edfu

3. Who ordered the construction and
when was it ?Ptolemaic
period
between 237
to 57 BC
Constructed by
ramsses ll,
ramsses l and
seti l
RAMSSES II RAMSSES I SETI I

4. Who was the architecture who
designed it ?
Imhotep and he
also designed the
pyramid of
saqqara
PYRAMID OS SAQQARA
TEMPLE OF EDFU

5. What materials did they use to
constructed it?
• The materials were:
• Caliza stone
• Sandstone

6. The machines that they use
• They used a very large number of laboures to
add this brutal forces
Examples: pulleys,
ramps etc..

7. Parts of the building

8. Type of structure
Massive because
its made up of
heavy and large
elements
They are stable and
rigid and they are
higth resistance

9. Parts of the structure
• The temple of edfu has:
• Columns
• Beams
• Walls

10. Stresses of the elemnts
The colums
support
compression
The walls
support
compression
The beams
support
bending

11. DONE BY:
• Nadia
• Miguel
• Kristina
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