Egypt > Abydos & Dendara > Dendara Mudbrick Wall eg98316
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.
© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Abydos & Dendara | |||
Filename: | Dendara Mudbrick Wall eg98316 |
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Upload Date: | 2007-11-30 22:58:15 | |||
Photo Size: | 17mb 5299x3543 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Dendara Temple exterior rear ancient Egypt construction mudbrick wall panbedding 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 enclosure wall to the east of the main temple showing the scale and construction methods of the ancient egyptian builders with an example of pan bedding, the sloping land contour alignment of the brick layers. |
Keywords: | Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, construction, enclosure, methods, engineering, platform, base, east, wall, mudbrick, pan, bedding, bed, reinforcement, links, shaped, slide, scanned |