Egypt - Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods

"... The four Pharaonic temples of Dendera, Esna, Edfu and Kom Ombo, apart from their geographical location, all belong to the Ptolemaic period (dynasty of the Ptolemies, the successors of Alexander the Great, which reigned between 304 and 30 BC) and to the Roman period (between 30 BC and 395 AD) even though they all replaced much older temples on the same sites..."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List


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