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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 Construction eg075550jhp Dendara Temple exterior rear ancient Egyptian construction platform basal dovetails photograph 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 the platform paving blocks with dovetail joints on outside of the rear wall of the main temple adjacent to the sacred lake and small temple of Isis. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, stone, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Construction eg075550jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 13:19:33
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Dendara Temple exterior rear ancient Egyptian construction platform basal dovetails

photograph 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 the platform paving blocks with dovetail joints on outside of the rear wall of the main temple adjacent to the sacred lake and small temple of Isis.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, stone, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links