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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 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
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Temple Construction EG007115jhp
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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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