Image Dendara Graffiti eg075562jhp by Jim Henderson

 
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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 Graffiti eg075562jhp Dendara Temple interior coloured reliefs graffiti painted Hathor ancient Egyptian, 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 and early graffiti desceration on the inside of the hypostyle hall with some remains of original colours. There are also 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, graffiti, Frezzolini, 1841, descrecation, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, Horus, coloured, colored, reliefs, painted, colors, colours, carving, decoration
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Graffiti eg075562jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 13:24:32
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Dendara Temple interior coloured reliefs graffiti painted Hathor ancient Egyptian,

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 and early graffiti desceration on the inside of the hypostyle hall with some remains of original colours. There are also 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, graffiti, Frezzolini, 1841, descrecation, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, Horus, coloured, colored, reliefs, painted, colors, colours, carving, decoration