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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 Desecration eg075523jhp Dendara Temple exterior Egypt erosion damage stone desecration sharpening weapons soldiers swords 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 a block of limestone possibly showing repeated sharpening of a sword, knife or bayonet by passing armies such as the mamluks during the Ottoman Empire in the 1800's. Another suggestion is faulty stone showing aggressive erosion. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, sanatorium, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, stone, sharpening, erosion, stone, stonework
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Desecration eg075523jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 13:06:28
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Dendara Temple exterior Egypt erosion damage stone desecration sharpening weapons

soldiers swords 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 a block of limestone possibly showing repeated sharpening of a sword, knife or bayonet by passing armies such as the mamluks during the Ottoman Empire in the 1800's. Another suggestion is faulty stone showing aggressive erosion.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, sanatorium, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Gods, Cleopatra, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, carving, stone, sharpening, erosion, stone, stonework