EGYPT. The Nile. Edfu. The great entrance pylon to the temple at Edfu, the best preserved temple in the whole of Egypt, construction beginning in 237 BC. It is dedicated to Horus and was built during the Ptolemaic period on top of an older temple dating from the time of Tutmose III. On guard at the entrance there are two beautiful black granite statues of Horus in the form of a falcon. Carved into the stone of the pylon on either side of the entrance are the massive figures of pharoah Ptolemy XII. 2006.