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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 Roof EG962155jhp Dendara Temple south west roof enclosure wall town ancient Egyptian roof view from this monument located north of Luxor surviving 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 is a view from the roof looking south westwards to the remains of the mudbrick enclosure wall, the modern town and the desert beyond. A large monumental gate dating from the Roman period probably from a nearby town is to the east, with remains of a temple complex dedicated to Horus and was the approach to the small Iseum, birth temple to Isis located at the rear of the main Hathor Temple. At the corner of the roof on the right is the small chapel of the union with the disk with its 12 Hathor headed cloumns. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, south, enclosure, wall, mudbrick, roof, view, desert, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, chapel, union, disk, columns, town, sandstone, blocks
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Temple Roof EG962155jhp
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple south west roof enclosure wall town ancient Egyptian

roof view from this monument located north of Luxor surviving 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 is a view from the roof looking south westwards to the remains of the mudbrick enclosure wall, the modern town and the desert beyond. A large monumental gate dating from the Roman period probably from a nearby town is to the east, with remains of a temple complex dedicated to Horus and was the approach to the small Iseum, birth temple to Isis located at the rear of the main Hathor Temple. At the corner of the roof on the right is the small chapel of the union with the disk with its 12 Hathor headed cloumns.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, south, enclosure, wall, mudbrick, roof, view, desert, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, chapel, union, disk, columns, town, sandstone, blocks