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Egypt > Abydos & Dendara (7 files)

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 East EG007116jhp Dendara Temple exterior east wall ancient Egyptian construction platform foundation basal dovetails photograph 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 east wall of the main temple looking towards the rear of the entrance pro-pylon with its famous Hathor faced columns. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, sandstone, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links, granite, grinding, wheel
Dendara Temple Construction EG007115jhp Dendara Temple exterior ancient Egyptian construction platform sandstone dovetails photograph 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 the roof construction sandstone blocks of the main temple showing the method of attaching cut blocks together. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, roof, stone, blocks, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links, sandstone
Dendara Construction eg075552jhp Dendara Temple exterior rear ancient Egyptian construction platform basal dovetails photograph 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 paving blocks on the limestone foundation platform on outside of the rear wall of the main temple adjacent to the sacred lake and small temple of Isis. The blocks were strengthened by the use of dovetail cemented joints. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, stone, stonework, dovetails, cement, mortar, reinforcement, links
Dendara Construction eg075551jhp Dendara Temple exterior stone paving ancient Egyptian construction platform basal dovetails photograph 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 platform paving along western side of the monument exterior showing one method of joining adjacent blocks of limestone with mortar filled dovetails. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, stone, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links
Dendara Construction eg075550jhp Dendara Temple exterior rear ancient Egyptian construction platform basal dovetails photograph 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 the platform paving blocks with dovetail joints on outside of the rear wall of the main temple adjacent to the sacred lake and small temple of Isis. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, stone, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links
Dendara Construction eg075522jhp Dendara Temple exterior closeup ancient Egypt construction platform paving dovetails 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 a closup of one of the dovetail joints connecting adjacent blocks of limestone and would have been filled with mortar cement for additional strength. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, detailed, closeup, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, stone, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links
Dendara Construction eg075519jhp Dendara Temple closeup mortar ancient Egyptian construction platform basal dovetails photograph 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 west wall of the main temple adjacent to sanatorium and shows poosibly a centre tube that would have been filled with mortar giving additional structure to the foundation wall. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, closeup, detail, centre, tube, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, construction, methods, engineering, platform, base, wall, basal, foundation, stone, stonework, dovetails, reinforcement, links

Egypt > Outlying Pyramids (1 file)

Pictures of pyramids and scenery related to them outwith the main sites of Giza and Saqqara such as Abusir, Dashur, El Lisht, Meydum and Hawara
Senwosret Pyramid Lisht eg012730jhp Egypt el-Lisht Pyramid Senusret stonework masonry dovetails joints limestone Middle Kingdom site which also has the slightly better preserved tomb of Amenemhet 1 nearby. Access to Senusret’s pyramid is through a local village and agricultural land at the edge of the desert escarpment as is common with most of the pyramid sites south of Giza. I remember passing a very well kept football pitch. A local custodian took me around and also allowed me to take flash photographs of some coloured reliefs on limestone blocks under a roofed area. The pyramid has almost totally collapsed into a huge sandy mound but there were still one section of limestone casing intact and not plundered and around the site were hints at its previous enclosure wall structure with large sections of eroded limestone sticking out of the sand like a whales skeleton. The burial chamber thought to have been robbed shortly after his death is under the ground water table and is inaccessible. The site dates back to the Middle Kingdom-Senusret’a reign was 1971-1926BC and he was the son of Amenemhet 1 building his pyramid near his fathers. There is evidence of nine subsidiary pyramids for royal ladies and mastaba tombs around the site including those of Vizier Mentuhotep, Senwosret-ankh. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, el-Lisht, Lisht, el-Fayoum, Fayyum, Pyramid, Pyramids, Middle, Kingdom, Senusert 1, Senwosret 1, Sesostris 1, son, Amenemhet 1, collapsed, archaeology, construction, museum, covered, ancient, history, pharaoh, Middle, Kingdom, c1950BC, royal, tomb, death, burial, afterlife, wall, necropolis, women, tombs, subsidiary, Amenemhat, Ammenemes, granite, mortuary, temple, enclosure, walls, mastaba, mastabas, Mentuhopet, Vizier, Senwosret-ankh, ceiling, stars, texts, coloured, reliefs, painted, hieroglyphs, farming, scenes, limestone, blocks, casing, desert, escarpment, barren, sandy, mound, eroded, robbed, entrance, ground, level, ground, water, blocked, October, 2001, 35mm, Nikon, FM2, Fuji, RVP, Velvia, slide, film, scanned, format, landscape, stonework, dovetails, joints, carving, masonry, building, architecture

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