神谕殿简介
The26th-dynastyTempleoftheOraclesitsinthenorthwestcorneroftheruinsofAghurmivillage.Builtinthe6thcenturyBC,probablyontopofanearliertemple,itwasdedicatedtoAmun(occasionallyreferredtoasZeusorJupiterAmmon)andwasapowerfulsymbolofthetown’swealth.OneofthemostreveredoraclesintheancientMediterranean,itspowerwassuchthatsomerulerssoughtitsadvicewhileotherssentarmiestodestroyit.Althoughtreasurehuntershavebeenatworkhereandthebuttressedtemplewaspoorlyrestoredinthe1970s,itremainsanevocativesite,steepedinhistory.SurroundedbytheruinsofAghurmi,ithasawesomeviewsovertheSiwanoasispalm-tops.