In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

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While only the Esna Temple’s vestibule (or pronaos ... Situated in the middle of the city center, officials were likely hesitant to use it as a quarry for building materials like many others ...