Image Dendara New Bark Shrine 5485EG07JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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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 New Bark Shrine 5485EG07JHP Dendara Egyptian Temple Bark Shrine site entrance approach excavation mudbrick walls at this home of the Goddess Hathor, 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. Photo is of recent excavations before entering the main site and is a bark or barque shrine. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, bark, barque, shrine, recent, mudbrick, walls, columns, excavations, new, entrance, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, gateway, gate
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara New Bark Shrine 5485EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 12:50:44
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Dendara Egyptian Temple Bark Shrine site entrance approach excavation mudbrick

walls at this home of the Goddess Hathor, 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. Photo is of recent excavations before entering the main site and is a bark or barque shrine.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, bark, barque, shrine, recent, mudbrick, walls, columns, excavations, new, entrance, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, gateway, gate