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Temple of Hibis, the largest and most well

Information about Temple of Dush in Kharga Oasis

05 16, 2023

Hibs Temple is the official symbol of the New Valley Governorate, one of the rarest and most important monuments in Egypt and bears the Greek name of the ancient Egyptian word "Hibt", which means the plow, is called the City of Exterior and the Temple in that one, and has gained its significance as the last remaining version of the Sawi-Persian Age, for the family 26 "660- 330 BC", since the reign of King BSM II, Wahib Ipres, was constructed in the era of the Persian King, Dara I "510-490 S.

On the remains of an ancient temple dating back to the age of the twenty-sixth dynasty 664 s. M., and has ancient origins dating back to the Middle State era in 2100 B.C. It contains several historical epithets, including "Pharaoh, Persian, Ptolemaic and Roman".

The temple includes a number of features that can be visited, including 3 gates, a road for rams, the temple courtyard, and the Holy of Holies, in addition to secret passages and stairs leading to the second floor. At the entrance to the temple, there is the longest mural that tells about the legislation of the ruler of the Oasis and the oldest text to protect women's rights and achieve justice.

In addition to murals that tell the history of the temple and images of the worship of the Holy Trinity, the temple consists of sandstone on a relatively high area and is considered one of the most important Egyptian temples because it is the only temple remaining from the Persian Sawi era, and it was built to worship the holy trinity (Amun, Mut, and Khonsu). Mut-Khonsu.)

The phenomenon of perpendicularity is recorded on the ground in the Holy of Holies of the Temple of Hibis and is called ‘sister’, and its history in each temple is mostly due to the beginning of the establishment of the temple, or to one of the events associated with the temple god in this period, his birthday or the day he sat on the throne, and the sun perpendicular to the solar panel inside the temple, in an event that is repeated on the sixth of September and the seventh of April every year, coinciding with the ceremonies that were held in the temple.

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The Temple of Hibis is one of the most important Egyptian temples and tourist attractions in Egypt, particularly in the New Valley governorate, about one kilometre north of the town of Kharga. The importance of this temple lies in the fact that it represents different historical eras: Pharaonic, Persian, Ptolemaic and Roman.

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