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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.
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.
A closer look
Three details that change the way you see it.
Hathor’s temple and its later Egyptian ritual world.
The relationship between crypts, chapels, roof and main processional spaces.
Astronomical and divine imagery understood in architectural context.
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