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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 West Wall EG007131jhp Dendara Temple exterior reliefs ancient Egyptian west wall elephant hierogylphs Hathor 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 walking down to the sacred lake and small temple of Isis. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, reliefs, carving, decoration, elephant, symbols, hieroglyphs, spitting, cobra, scanned, slide
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Temple West Wall EG007131jhp
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple exterior reliefs ancient Egyptian west wall elephant hierogylphs

Hathor 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 walking down to the sacred lake and small temple of Isis.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, reliefs, carving, decoration, elephant, symbols, hieroglyphs, spitting, cobra, scanned, slide