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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 Basilica eg98321 Dendara Temple basilica mammisi Nectanebo Roman Egyptian columns carved photo 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. Looking across the remains of the Coptic Basilica to the top of the Roman Mammisi. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, basilica, Coptic, mammisi, Nectanebo, Roman columns, carved, reliefs, carving, decoration, slide, scanned, afternoon
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Basilica eg98321
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple basilica mammisi Nectanebo Roman Egyptian columns carved photo

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. Looking across the remains of the Coptic Basilica to the top of the Roman Mammisi.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, basilica, Coptic, mammisi, Nectanebo, Roman columns, carved, reliefs, carving, decoration, slide, scanned, afternoon