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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 Roman Mammisi eg962142jhp Dendara Temple Birth House Roman Trajan Hathor Ihy ancient Egyptian located at this home of the Goddess Hathor, north of Luxor surviving 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 Roman birth house or mammisi built by Trajan with some of the finest carvings in Egypt, here with scenes of Hathor suckling her son Ihy and another of him behind her with the King Trajan making offering to her and taken as one enters the main temple area near the north gate. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, Roman, birth, house, mamissi, Pharaoh, Trajan, Augustus, Goddess, Hathor, Ihy, son, child, hieroglyphics, offering, suckling, protection, women, childbirth, finesse, carvings, fine, detailed, delicate, floral, capitals, slide, scanned
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Roman Mammisi eg962142jhp
Upload Date: 2009-10-01 22:37:17
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Dendara Temple Birth House Roman Trajan Hathor Ihy ancient Egyptian

located at this home of the Goddess Hathor, north of Luxor surviving 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 Roman birth house or mammisi built by Trajan with some of the finest carvings in Egypt, here with scenes of Hathor suckling her son Ihy and another of him behind her with the King Trajan making offering to her and taken as one enters the main temple area near the north gate.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, landscape, Roman, birth, house, mamissi, Pharaoh, Trajan, Augustus, Goddess, Hathor, Ihy, son, child, hieroglyphics, offering, suckling, protection, women, childbirth, finesse, carvings, fine, detailed, delicate, floral, capitals, slide, scanned