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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 eg075551jhp Dendara Temple exterior stone paving 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 platform paving along western side of the monument exterior showing one method of joining adjacent blocks of limestone with mortar filled dovetails. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, 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 eg075551jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 13:05:36
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Dendara Temple exterior stone paving 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 platform paving along western side of the monument exterior showing one method of joining adjacent blocks of limestone with mortar filled dovetails.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, stone, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links