Image Dendara Temple Bes 5499EG07JHP 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 Bes 5499EG07JHP Dendara Temple funny statue carving Egyptian dwarf God Bes standing entrance of the home of the Goddess Hathor, 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, front, God, Bes, approach, landscape, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, close, protection, women, childbirth, luck, dwarf, belligerent, scarey
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Temple Bes 5499EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-20 12:57:24
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Dendara Temple funny statue carving Egyptian dwarf God Bes standing

entrance of the home of the Goddess Hathor, 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, front, God, Bes, approach, landscape, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, close, protection, women, childbirth, luck, dwarf, belligerent, scarey