Esna, Egypt

Esna, called by the ancient Egyptians Isnut or Ta-senet, is an Egyptian city located on the west bank of the Nile, 55 km south of Luxor, Kena region. 
The city owes its fame to its cultural landmarks from the time of ancient Egyptian civilization. The Greek name of the city Latopolis in translation means Nile fish, which is the largest of all 52 species inhabiting the Nile.
You can't leave Esna without visiting two places - the lively tourist market and the temple of Esna. The market includes several streets and can be visited even at night. It connects the temple and the river and it is a real challenge to go through its stalls. Vendors offer thin scarves and hand-knitted baskets that are like an emblem of the area. A lively camel market is held here every Saturday.
The temple of Esna is partially excavated and is located 200 meters from the Nile River, 9 meters below street level. It was built during the Ptolemaic and Roman eras and its patron deities are the trinity - Khnum - a god with a ram's head, revered as the creator of mankind by a potter's wheel with clay from the Nile, Nate - goddess of war, hunting and weaving and their descendants - Huck. 
The Temple of Esna is one of a series of recent great monuments erected in Egypt. Made of red sedimentary rock and had exceptional architecture. Its portal includes 6 columns, which differ from each other in their decoration.
Today, only the column hall, which is the work of the Roman emperor Claudius and dates from the third century, remains. Twenty-four lotus-shaped columns support the roof of the hall, and the ceiling is of the astronomical type. On some walls there are hymns dedicated to Khnum, in hieroglyphs, sometimes in the form of rams, sometimes in the form of crocodiles.