Image Dendara New Year Chapel EG007124jhp 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 New Year Chapel EG007124jhp Dendara Temple new year chapel Hathor ancient Egypt, 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 delightful small chapel called New Year Chapel which had a Court of the First Feast as seen in the foreground with court of Pure Place beyound the stairs. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, ceiling, Nut, sky, night, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, Horus, New, year, chapel, court, stairs, first, feast, pure, place, coloured, colored, reliefs, painted, colors, colours, carving, decoration
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara New Year Chapel EG007124jhp
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple new year chapel Hathor ancient Egypt, 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 delightful small chapel called New Year Chapel which had a Court of the First Feast as seen in the foreground with court of Pure Place beyound the stairs.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, upright, ceiling, Nut, sky, night, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, goddess, Ba, Hathor, Horus, New, year, chapel, court, stairs, first, feast, pure, place, coloured, colored, reliefs, painted, colors, colours, carving, decoration