Dendera Temple Complex

Dec. 19, 2023
001 - P1210824 Arriving the Dendera Temple early in the morning. The complex is located about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) south-east of Dendera, 60 km (37.2 mi) north of Karnak Temple. It...
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002 - P1210825 The entirety of the complex is surrounded by a sizable mudbrick wall. Dendera, an oasis on the banks of the Nile, was inhabited by thousands at its peak. Due to...
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003 - P1210826 There is evidence that there was an even earlier building on this site, circa 2250 B.C.E., which could have begun during the reign of Pepi I and completed...
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004 - P1210829 The temple that dominates this complex, the structure that commands the attention of those who visit, is the Temple of Hathor. The original temple structure...
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007 - P1210833 In Egypt, Roman emperor Trajan was quite active in constructing buildings and decorating them. He appears, together with Domitian, in offering scenes on the...
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014 - P1210845 The site was a center of the cult of Hathor. It was believed that during a period known as the Happy reunion, Hathor would journey from her temple at Dendera to...
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019 - IMG_3315 The top of the
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020 - IMG_3316 One of the two pillars of the
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010 - P1210841 Various excavated areas and pieces of the Dendera Temple Complex...
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012 - P1210842 Hathor, on the left side of the stone, an ancient Egyptian goddess of many things, including love, beauty, music, dancing, fertility and pleasure.
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013 - P1210844 Egyptian hieroglyphs...
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