Image Dendara Temple Ba of Hathor in Crypt 5591EG07JHP 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 Ba of Hathor in Crypt 5591EG07JHP Dendara Temple Ba Hathor Crypt Ancient Egypt interior photo dedicated Goddess, 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. Underneath the temple are a series of passageways and crypts used for the storage of sacred objects in this image the Ba statue, the essence of Hathor, and it is in the one opening into the vestibule of the Throne of Re open to the public. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, west, Qena, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, bas, reliefs, Hathor, crypts, storage, passageway, Ba, essence, sacred, festival, hieroglyphics, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology
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Dendara Temple Ba Hathor Crypt Ancient Egypt interior photo dedicated

Goddess, 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. Underneath the temple are a series of passageways and crypts used for the storage of sacred objects in this image the Ba statue, the essence of Hathor, and it is in the one opening into the vestibule of the Throne of Re open to the public.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River, Nile, west, Qena, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, bas, reliefs, Hathor, crypts, storage, passageway, Ba, essence, sacred, festival, hieroglyphics, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology