Image Dendara Iseum Decoration eg985413 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 Iseum Decoration eg985413 
 Dendara Temple detail netcher ancient Egyptian Isis birth Iseum photo is located north of Luxor and 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 reliefs on outside of the rear wall of the small temple of Isis with a freize of netcher figures, seated Gods and above a series of Hathor faces and atributed to the Emperor Augustus. 
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abydos & Dendara
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Dendara Iseum Decoration eg985413
Upload Date: 2007-11-30 22:58:15
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Dendara Temple detail netcher ancient Egyptian Isis birth Iseum photo

is located north of Luxor and 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 reliefs on outside of the rear wall of the small temple of Isis with a freize of netcher figures, seated Gods and above a series of Hathor faces and atributed to the Emperor Augustus.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Dendara, Dendera, Temple, Iseum, Isis, netcher, Hathor, faces, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, landscape, Gods, Augustus, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Pharoah, reliefs, carving, decoration, offering, rear, wall, exterior, outside, slide, scanned