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Kawm Umbū Temple
temple, Kawm Umbū, Egypt
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Egyptian art and architecture
- In Egyptian art and architecture: Greco-Roman Egypt
At Dandarah, Esna, Idfū, Kawm Umbū (Kôm Ombo), and Philae the Egyptian cult temple can be studied better than at almost any earlier temple. Though erected by the Macedonian rulers of Egypt, these late temples employ purely Egyptian architectural conventions but include flourishes that appear only in the Ptolemaic…
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