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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 Hypostyle Ceiling eg075565jhp Dendara Temple hypostyle reliefs ceiling columns painted Hathor ancient Egypt, north of Luxor 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 colored reliefs on the ceiling on the inside of the hypostyle hall with the sky Goddess Nut in original colours and with representations on the outer and inner facades of the Roman Pharoahs Claudius, Nero,Tiberius and Augustus with the Egyptian Gods Horus, Hathor whose face adorns the capitals of the coloumns. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, hypostyle, outer, hall, ceiling, Nut, sky, night, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, columns, Horus, coloured, colored, reliefs, painted, colors, colours, carving, decoration
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Hypostyle Ceiling eg075565jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 13:25:08
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Dendara Temple hypostyle reliefs ceiling columns painted Hathor ancient Egypt,

north of Luxor 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 colored reliefs on the ceiling on the inside of the hypostyle hall with the sky Goddess Nut in original colours and with representations on the outer and inner facades of the Roman Pharoahs Claudius, Nero,Tiberius and Augustus with the Egyptian Gods Horus, Hathor whose face adorns the capitals of the coloumns.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, hypostyle, outer, hall, ceiling, Nut, sky, night, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, columns, Horus, coloured, colored, reliefs, painted, colors, colours, carving, decoration