Image Dendara Gate eg962141jhp 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 Gate eg962141jhp Dendara Temple entrance gate Domitian Trajan Pro-pylon Hathor Egyptian 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. The photo is of the main entrance North Propylon gate into the modern site with a small shrine with beautifully carved floral Corinthian capitals. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, entrance, upright, north, pro-pylon, Domitian, Trajan, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, statue, Gods, proplyon, gateway, gate, mudbrick, enclosure, wall, sphinx, slide, scanned
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Gate eg962141jhp
Upload Date: 2012-06-27 09:44:21
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Dendara Temple entrance gate Domitian Trajan Pro-pylon Hathor Egyptian 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. The photo is of the main entrance North Propylon gate into the modern site with a small shrine with beautifully carved floral Corinthian capitals.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, entrance, upright, north, pro-pylon, Domitian, Trajan, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Hathor, statue, Gods, proplyon, gateway, gate, mudbrick, enclosure, wall, sphinx, slide, scanned