or EDFOU, a town of Upper Egypt, celebrated on account of the sublime temple of Apollonopolis, which, Denon observes (Trav. ii. 277), is "the most beautiful of all Egypt, and, next to those of Thebes, the largest. Being built," he adds, "at a period when the arts and sciences had acquired all their splendour, the workmanship of every part is equally beautiful, the hieroglyphics are admirably executed, the figures more varied, and the architecture of a higher order, than in the Theban edifices, the building of which must be referred to an earlier age. See article Egypt.