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Images of two important sites north of Luxor near the River Nile but usually visted as an extra tour either by road or a day cruise.
Dendara Exterior Reliefs eg075539jhp Dendara Temple exterior rear ancient Egyptian Cleopatra Ptolemy Hathor photo is located north of Luxor and survives as one of the finest examples of the Late Period and the main buildings visited today date from fourth century BC in to the Roman period. It has a notable rare representation of the famous Cleopatra, some beautiful carvings and is relatively unscathed by the ravages of time, desecration and being dismantled for building materials. This photo is of reliefs on outside of the rear wall of the main temple adjacent to the sacred lake and small temple of Isis. In the distance to the left is the exqusitely deocated Roman Mammisi Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, reliefs, carving, decoration, offering
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Exterior Reliefs eg075539jhp
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Dendara Temple exterior rear ancient Egyptian Cleopatra Ptolemy Hathor photo

is located north of Luxor and survives as one of the finest examples of the Late Period and the main buildings visited today date from fourth century BC in to the Roman period. It has a notable rare representation of the famous Cleopatra, some beautiful carvings and is relatively unscathed by the ravages of time, desecration and being dismantled for building materials. This photo is of reliefs on outside of the rear wall of the main temple adjacent to the sacred lake and small temple of Isis. In the distance to the left is the exqusitely deocated Roman Mammisi
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, reliefs, carving, decoration, offering