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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 eg075509jhp Dendara Temple basilica mammisi Nectanebo ancient Egyptian columns carved photograph 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.In the background is the top of the Roman Mammisi with it very beautiful and fine quality reliefs on the outer wall. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, basilica, Coptic, mammisi, Nectanebo, columns, carved, sanitorium, reliefs, carving, decoration, Roman
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara & Basilica eg075509jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 13:00:08
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Dendara Temple basilica mammisi Nectanebo ancient Egyptian columns carved photograph

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.In the background is the top of the Roman Mammisi with it very beautiful and fine quality reliefs on the outer wall.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, basilica, Coptic, mammisi, Nectanebo, columns, carved, sanitorium, reliefs, carving, decoration, Roman