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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 Roof Chapel eg9621433jhp Dendara Temple chapel roof Osiris reliefs fish-eye photo ancient Egypt, 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 the roof on one of two Chapels to Osiris on the roof of the main temple. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, custodians, chapel, roof, Nut, sky, Goddess, Osiris, resurrection, Khoik, fish-eye, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, reliefs, carving, decoration, slide, scanned
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Roof Chapel eg9621433jhp
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple chapel roof Osiris reliefs fish-eye photo ancient Egypt,

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 the roof on one of two Chapels to Osiris on the roof of the main temple.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, custodians, chapel, roof, Nut, sky, Goddess, Osiris, resurrection, Khoik, fish-eye, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, reliefs, carving, decoration, slide, scanned