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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 EG9621514jhp Dendara Temple roof view west enclosure well ancient Egyptian mudbrick walls located 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. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, roof, view, west, mudbrick, enclosure, walls, buildings, well, town, modern
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Temple Roof View EG9621514jhp
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple roof view west enclosure well ancient Egyptian mudbrick

walls located 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.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, roof, view, west, mudbrick, enclosure, walls, buildings, well, town, modern