Egypt > Abydos & Dendara > Dendara Hypostyle Columns eg075566jhp
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.
© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Abydos & Dendara | |||
Filename: | Dendara Hypostyle Columns eg075566jhp |
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Upload Date: | 2007-10-20 13:25:22 | |||
Photo Size: | 9.8mb 3543x5296 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Dendara Temple coloured reliefs hypostyle hall columns painted Hathor ancientEgypt, 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. This photo is of colored reliefs on the ceiling on the inside of the hypostyle hall with the sky Goddess Nut in original colours and with representations on the outer and inner facades of the Roman Pharoahs Claudius, Nero,Tiberius and Augustus with the Egyptian Gods Horus, Hathor whose face adorns the capitals of the coloumns. |
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