1 day trip to Dendera Temple in Luxor
The Temple of Dendera in the village of Dendera, and this village 4 km on the western shore of the Nile and the western city of Qena, has built this temple for the worship of the god Hathor goddess of love, beauty, motherhood and family when the ancient Egyptians, was a statue of Hathor in the form of a cow or carry centuries cow on head.
He built the Temple of Dendera in the Ptolemaic period, and what was the Ptolemaic breed of pimp Alexander arrogance who they parted Empire, they did not build this temple-style ancient Egyptian in the construction of temples, but it is characteristic building temples in the era of occupation Batalmy to Egypt, and can easily go out with this result as soon as compared to Temple Dendera ancient Egyptians temples in this region.
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| Dendera Temple in Luxor |
The magnitude of the temple has contributed in more than one residence began ruler Ptolemy III in a constructive idea and began construction in the first century BC, and completed part of it, "Ptolemy XI" and finally finished construction in the reign of the Roman Emperor "Augustus"
Among the most important are overwhelmed by a famous temple is no fee represents Queen Cleopatra and her son "Sizarryon" Julius Caesar.
The temple contains the pillared hall 24 column header to each column anthropomorphic god Hathor inscriptions are still clear and tells the story of the history of this era of Egypt's history...
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