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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 Temple Roof View EG9621513jhp Dendara Temple enclosure wall sacred lake west ancient Egypt roof view from this monument located north of Luxor surviving 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 is a view from the roof looking westwards to the remains of the mudbrick enclosure wall and the sacred lake adjacent to the small Iseum, birth temple to Isis located at the rear of the main Hathor Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, west, enclosure, wall, mudbrick, sacred, lake, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, columns, carved, Iseum, Isis, town, reliefs, carving, decoration, palm, trees
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Temple Roof View EG9621513jhp
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Dendara Temple enclosure wall sacred lake west ancient Egypt roof

view from this monument located north of Luxor surviving 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 is a view from the roof looking westwards to the remains of the mudbrick enclosure wall and the sacred lake adjacent to the small Iseum, birth temple to Isis located at the rear of the main Hathor Temple.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, west, enclosure, wall, mudbrick, sacred, lake, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, columns, carved, Iseum, Isis, town, reliefs, carving, decoration, palm, trees