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The restoration of the Temple of Edfu has revealed past Egyptian paintings dating backmost thousands of years. 

The Temple of Edfu is dedicated to the worship of the deity Horus, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The temple connected the occidental slope of the Nile was begun during the reign of Ptolemy III and finished nether Ptolemy XII, according to the source. It was constructed betwixt 237 and 57 B.C. 

In acold much caller years, restoration efforts person been underway astatine the temple, conducted successful a collaboration betwixt Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Germany's University of Würzburg. 

Through cautious cleaning of an past temple's walls, the remains of bright, colorful paintings were uncovered successful Egypt.  (Martin Stadler / Universität Würzburg)

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Egyptian temples person agelong been known to person erstwhile been glistening with golden and vivid colors. During the restoration of the Temple of Edfu, remains of past artwork person been discovered. 

Reliefs (a benignant of sculpting successful Ancient Egypt) and paintings were cleaned up by a squad of conservators nether the enactment of Ahmed Abdel Naby, according to the September 2024 property release. 

Dust, vertebrate droppings and soot were cautiously removed from sandstone reliefs, wherever remains of past artwork began to adjacent through. 

Restoration of the Temple of Edfu has been conducted since 2016, according to a property merchandise from the University of Würzburg. (Victoria Altmann-Wendling/Universität Würzburg)

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The find of these remains is simply a uncommon find, arsenic successful the bulk of past Egyptian temples, coating is preserved precise minimally oregon not astatine all, according to the property merchandise from the University of Würzburg. 

Gold leafage decorations were besides recovered successful the temple, different rare find successful Egyptian temples, "due to their fragility," according to the property release. At the Temple of Edfu, astir of the golden decorations were discovered successful the higher walls of the temple. 

"The gilding of the figures presumably not lone served to symbolically immortalize and deify them but besides contributed to the mystical aura of the room," Victoria Altmann-Wendling, the task manager, said successful the release. "It indispensable person been precise impressive, particularly erstwhile the sunlight was shining in."

Rare traces of golden were discovered successful paintings wrong the past temple. (Victoria Altmann-Wendling/Universität Würzburg)

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"The information that the gods were wholly gilded is peculiarly interesting. We find this successful the textual sources that picture the soma of the gods arsenic consisting of gold," Altmann-Wendling said, per the property release. 

In addition, determination was besides dipinti recovered astatine the temple, which is graffiti painted successful ink, according to the property release. It was written successful Demotic script, and serves arsenic "direct grounds of the clergyman entering the temple."