Image Dendara Sacred Lake & Iseum eg98333 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 Sacred Lake & Iseum eg98333 Dendara Temple rear ancient Egyptian Iseum Isis sacred lake photo is located north of Luxor and 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 reliefs on outside of the rear wall of the main temple adjacent and the small Temple of Isis with the palm trees of the Sacred Lake behind. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, Iseum, Isis, Sacred, Lake, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, reliefs, carving, decoration, offering, rear, wall, exterior, outside, slide, scanned
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Sacred Lake & Iseum eg98333
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple rear ancient Egyptian Iseum Isis sacred lake photo

is located north of Luxor and 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 reliefs on outside of the rear wall of the main temple adjacent and the small Temple of Isis with the palm trees of the Sacred Lake behind.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, Iseum, Isis, Sacred, Lake, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, reliefs, carving, decoration, offering, rear, wall, exterior, outside, slide, scanned