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Dendera Temple

The principal surviving temple at Dendera is dedicated to Hathor and belongs mainly to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, although the site had a much longer sacred history. Its ceilings, chapels and ritual spaces reward careful interpretation of later Egyptian temple culture.

The principal surviving temple at Dendera is dedicated to Hathor and belongs mainly to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, although the site had a much longer sacred history. Its ceilings, chapels and ritual spaces reward careful interpretation of later Egyptian temple culture.