Idfu (Edfu)
 Idfu
was the Greek city of Apollinopolis Magna, and is a religious
and commercial center. Located about 33 miles south of Isna
and 65 miles north of Aswan, this is a friendly town which produces
surgar and pottery. It is also a hub of a road network. It was
the capital of the second nome (Horus) of Upper Egypt. The main
attraction here is the Temple of Horus, which is considered
by most to be the best preserved cult temple in Egypt, but there
is a mound of rubble to the west of the Temple which is probably
the original old city of Djeba. The town was known as Tbot by
the early Egyptians, by the Greeks as Apollinopolis Magna and
by Atbo during Coptic times. It was the capital of the second
nome (Horus) of Upper Egypt.French and Polish teams have excavated
some of the ancient city, finding Old Kingdom mastabas and Byzantine
house.
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