1/ Outer Courtyard

2/ Inner Courtyard

3/ Temple of Harsesis
(Horus the Son of Isis)

4/ Temple of Hathor

5/ Temple of the Deified Imhotep

6/ Temple of Arenophis

7/ Hadrian’s Gateway

8/ Trajan’s Kiosk

9/ Diocletian’s Gateway

10/ Temple of Augustus

11/ Colonnade of Nectanebo

12/ Temple Rededicated to Osiris

Duplicate of texts to be found in Interactive Map

1/ Outer Courtyard
To the North and flanked by lion statues of Byzantine origin, the stairway leads through the Pylons erected by Ptolemy XII into the Inner Courtyard. The opening in the Western Pylon (to the left) is the gateway to the Mammisi. Immediately in front of the Eastern Pylon is a the portico to the processional way to Trajan’s Kiosk (8)

2/ Inner Courtyard
Leads to a second pair of Pylons covered with Greek overlords, disguised as Pharaohs, making offerings to Isis, Horus and Hathor.
Beyond these is the Pronaos, a hypostyle hall with ten columns. Here the walls are covered with Roman overlords, disguised as Pharaohs, making offerings to Isis, Horus and Hathor. Deep within the Sanctuary 213ft (65 m) lies the Naos and here within its fourteen chambers many of the carvings have been defaced by Christian Vandals.
To the Left is the Mammisi or Chapel of Divine Birth venerating the birth of Horus. Completed by the Emperor Tiberius in A.D. 30. Beyond this is the ancient Nilometer used for measuring the height of the Inundation and used for the setting of Taxes on the expected Harvest

3/ Temple of Harsesis (Horus the Son of Isis)

4/ Temple of Hathor Built by the Ptolemaic Pharaohs and decorated by the Roman Emperors, notably Augustus.