Edfu, a town in upper Egypt. It is situated on the left bank of the Nile on the twenty-fifth parallel of north latitude. The town is noted for a celebrated Egyptian temple, "the most perfect existing example of an ancient Egyptian religious edifice." In plan, architecture, and sculpture, it is an imitation of the work done by the Pharoahs, but it was founded by one of the Ptolemies, 222 B. C. The entrance is a massive double gate or pylon, 250 feet wide and 115 feet high. A large court with a peristyle of columns lies within. Beyond this is a hall, and beyond this a second hall, and beyond the second hall is a sanctuary--a mystery of mysteries. The total length of the temple is 450 feet.