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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 Room Reliefs eg075589jhp Dendara Temple chapel carvings ancient Egyptian djed sacred serpent , 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 wall reliefs in one of the small chapels surrounding the inner Sanctuary and is probably the one designated that of the Sacred Serpent, Son of Earth or Harsomtus Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, chapel, sacred, serpent, Harsomtus, son, earth, djed, sanctuary, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, reliefs, painted, carving, decoration
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Room Reliefs eg075589jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 13:45:32
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Dendara Temple chapel carvings ancient Egyptian djed sacred serpent ,

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 wall reliefs in one of the small chapels surrounding the inner Sanctuary and is probably the one designated that of the Sacred Serpent, Son of Earth or Harsomtus
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, chapel, sacred, serpent, Harsomtus, son, earth, djed, sanctuary, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, reliefs, painted, carving, decoration