Image Dendara Coptic Basilica eg962146jhp 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 Coptic Basilica eg962146jhp Dendara Temple basilica Coptic ancient Egypt flora columns carved Qena photo 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. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, basilica, Coptic, floral, columns, carved, reliefs, carving, decoration, ruins, slide, scanned
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Coptic Basilica eg962146jhp
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple basilica Coptic ancient Egypt flora columns carved Qena

photo 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.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, basilica, Coptic, floral, columns, carved, reliefs, carving, decoration, ruins, slide, scanned