EDFU

BETWEEN

57 BC237 BC

HORUSPTOLEAMIC

GREEEKS

Basalt-Alabaster: Floor Pink Granite: Inner walls

Limestone: Walls (Normally outer)

The inclined plane

(To move things with

less effort)

The wedge

(To cut things quickly)

Simple pulley(To raise things easily)

Wheel and axe(To move the stones)

The lever

(To raise the stones)

STRESSES

Shearing Compression Compression

Different places

Columns Beams Stairs

After the reconstruction of the Temple of Edfu this

were the known parts and rooms

they´ve found.

ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE

*Pylon: big stone used as a counterweight to the beam clamp.

*Inner sanctum: room where the image of a god of was venerated.

*Sacred boat pedestral: body with cilindrical/rectangular shape that usually holds a statue.

*Hypostyle hall: ceiling supported by columns.

*Unroofed courtyard: yard without roof.

Of materials:

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/material.htm

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/temples/home.html

Of the rest:

www.google.es