Image Dendara Temple Front EG007112jhp 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 Temple Front EG007112jhp Dendara Temple entrance front approach hypostyle hall Hathor faces Egypt, located north of Luxor 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. The photo is from the main entrance North Propylon gate into the modern site facing the impressive first hypostyle hall built by Tiberius in the 1st century AD with its columns topped by Hathor faces mainly damaged in later centuries. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, entrance, landscape, north, pro-pylon, Tiberius, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, columns, faces, sarcophagi, grnaite, lids, hypostyle, hall, scanned, slide, mudbrick, enclosure, walls
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Temple Front EG007112jhp
Upload Date: 2012-06-27 09:44:21
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Dendara Temple entrance front approach hypostyle hall Hathor faces Egypt,

located north of Luxor 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. The photo is from the main entrance North Propylon gate into the modern site facing the impressive first hypostyle hall built by Tiberius in the 1st century AD with its columns topped by Hathor faces mainly damaged in later centuries.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, entrance, landscape, north, pro-pylon, Tiberius, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, columns, faces, sarcophagi, grnaite, lids, hypostyle, hall, scanned, slide, mudbrick, enclosure, walls