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	Dendera and the Temple of Hathor
		Early texts refer to a temple at Dendera which was rebuilt during the Old Kingdom, and several New Kingdom monarchs, including Tuthmosis III, Amenhotep III and Ramesses II and III are known to have embellished the structure.
		However, unlike those of earlier temples, the facade of the hypostyle hall that fronts the main temple is constructed as a low screen with inter-columnar walls exposing the hall's ceiling and the Hathor style sistrum capitals of its 24 columns.
		East of the temple was a part of the town, which the temple texts mention as having a temple of Horus of Edfu in its midst.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/dendera.htm (3830 words)

	Hathor temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hathor Temple is the main temple in the Dendera Temple complex.
		The temple construction date is suggeted as around the 1st century BC.
		On the rear of the temple exterior, it's possible to see a carving of Cleopatra VII Philopator and her son, Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (Caesarion), fathered by Julius Caesar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hathor_temple (272 words)

	Dendara Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In the temple itself, an unfinished inner enclosure wall of stone surrounds a courtyard with side entrances which open before the large hypostyle hall which was added in the 1st century AD by the emperor Tiberius.
		A doorway aligned to the central axis of the temple leads from the large hypostyle hall into an inner hall with six Hathor columns that is known as the hall of appearances, because it was here that the statue of the goddess "appeared" from her sanctuary for religious ceremonies and processions.
		Whereas the whole of the temple is constructed of sandstone, to facilitate a relief of fine quality there was placed in the wall, at the level of the figures, a block of limestone suitable for very detailed work, and of this the artist took full and perfect advantage.
	www.a-1hotels.com /eg/history/html/dendara_temple.html (2555 words)

	Luxor, Egypt. Temple of Luxor. Virtual Tour. J&K's Egyptian Holiday
		Temple of Luxor that you visit today was built mainly by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II, although Akhenaten and Tutankhamun contributed to the complex.
		There was a temple during Hatshepsut's time, as evidenced by a small building to house the barques of the gods, incorporated in the Ramesses II entrance hall.
		The temple and the Opet were built by Amenhotep III on the site of the older temple dedicated to the local triad, Amun, Khonsu and Mut.
	www.kenseamedia.com /october/l_temple.htm (1010 words)

	Dendera Temple
		Dendera is a temple complex located about and hour a half drive north of the city of Luxor in Upper Egypt.
		The main temple, which is the logo for the Dendera Group, is dedicated to the goddess Hathor and is still in excellent condition today.
		The temple at Dendera was discovered in modern times by Napoleon’s invasion and survey of Egypt at the start of the 1800’s.
	www.denderagroup.com /HTML/Dendera_Temple.html (352 words)

	Egypt State Information Service-Roman-Greek Monuments
		This temple, in its present form, was built during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, with relief work on the rear external wall depicting Cleopatra VII and her son Caesarion.
		The temple of Hathor at Dendera was built between 125 BCE and 65 CE belonging to the Greaco-Roman period.
		Kalabsha Temple in the Nubian region of Egypt was one of several ancient monuments relocated in the 1960s as part of a UNESCO campaign to save Egyptian monuments threatened by the establishment of the Aswan High Dam.
	www.sis.gov.eg /En/Arts&Culture/Monuments/Roman/070203000000000003.htm (580 words)

	Egyptian Mythology Encyclopedia Articles @ YYOC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Pharaoh Ramses II was a particularly prolific builder of temples.
		Temple of Hatshepsut – Mortuary temple complex at Deir el-Bahri with a colonnaded structure of perfect harmony, built nearly one thousand years before the Parthenon.
		Dendera Temple complex – Several temples but the all overshadowing building in the complex is the main temple, the Hathor temple.
	209.68.55.237 /encyclopedia/Egyptian_mythology (2572 words)

	Egypt Stories > Mythology > Temples
		Complex of two massive rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of the Nile.
		Temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom.
		Beyond the second courtyard, at the centre of the complex, was a covered 48-column hypostyle hall, surrounding the inner sanctuary.
	www.egypt-stories.info /Mythology/Temples (488 words)

	Temple of the Goddess Hathor, Dendera, Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In the dark of night, the temple priests brought the statue of the goddess from the crypt, through the corridors of the enormous temple and, ascending to the roof, awaited the coming of the dawn.
		Enclosed within the precincts of the Dendera complex are a sacred lake, a temple of the goddess Isis, and a brick sanatorium where divine healing was practiced.
		Within the main temple it is interesting to study the beautiful and highly detailed astrological calendars carved and painted upon the ceilings.
	www.sacredsites.com /africa/egypt/dendera.html (530 words)

	Philae Temple Complex
		Traces of mudbrick houses in trenches between the stone foundations of the later temples and the early nilometer west of the mammisi may date to this period.
		The entrance to the main temple is fronted by the pylon of Ptolemy XII, which is decorated with the canonical scenes of the king dispatching enemies and which contains both a main portal and a subsidiary gate in the west tower, leading into the birth house of Ptolemy VI and later rulers.
		Surrounding the sanctuary are the Osiris chambers, reached by a short staircase on the west side of the temple which leads to the roof and then descends to the rooms.
	www.per-aset.org /philae_temple_complex.htm (819 words)

	Egyptvoyager.com: Dendera - Egypt
		A typical part of an Egyptian temple, these two rooms played an essential part in the New Year's celebration, during which the cultic objects of the temple were ritually recharged with energy.
		As was not unusual for temples of this era, the walls of the temples are hollow and contain crypts, store rooms and staircases, some of which lead all the way up to the roof of the temples.
		The crypts are often long and narrow rooms in the walls of the temple, in its roof or underneath the ground.
	www.egyptvoyager.com /dendera.htm (599 words)

	Dendera Temple - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Dendera Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Once a city, it was the centre of the worship of the goddess Hathor, from the time of the building of the Pyramids.
		The main temple at Dendera was built in the 1st century
		One of the most complete temples in Egypt, it has well-preserved reliefs and inscriptions, crypts, and zodiacs on the ceilings, in which the crab is represented as a scarab.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Dendera+Temple (180 words)

	Irene at Abydos, Dendera, Temple of Hatshepsut
		The original Temple of Osiris was built by Seti I, who came to power 29 years after the collapse of the regime of Akhenaten.
		When the temple was in use, each of the sanctuaries would have contained the god's barque (sacred boat), and would have had a stele placed in front of a false door.
		The Temple of Ramesses II The temple of Ramesses II is a small temple that is northwest of the Temple of Osiris about 300m.
	www.crystalinks.com /egyptripabydos.html (3912 words)

	Egypt Holiday \| Egyptian Holidays \| Explore Holidays to Egypt \| Cheap Holidays to Egypt \| Luxor \| Alexandria. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Dendera, most notable for the temple of Hathor, is located less than 100 kilometers north of Luxor along the West Bank of the Nile River.
		The two temples, that of Ramesses II primarily dedicated to Re-Harakhte, and that of his wife, Nefertari dedicated to Hathor, became a must see for Victorians visiting Egypt, even though it required a trip up the Nile, and often they were covered deeply in sand, as they were when Burckhardt found them.
		Near the Temple of Khnum on the stone quay along the corniche are carved cartouches of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
	mintravel.com /cities_places.htm (7977 words)

	DENDERA
		The remaining temple is dedicated to the goddess Hathor and is one of the best preserved temples of this period.
		Hathor`s temple is oriented towards the Nile, like many other temples, but because of the bend in the Nile here it faces to the north instead of the traditional east - west position.
		The temple does not have the two usual pylons as an entrance, only a stone gateway built for the Roman emperors Domitian and Trajan at the end of the 1st century AD, stands at the front of the complex and is set into mud brick walls which surround the enclosure.
	gtae.users.btopenworld.com /Dendera.htm (2384 words)

	Middle Nile: Edfu, Valley of the Kings, Dendera, Karnak, and Luxor
		Dendera is the location of the Temple of Hathor, the Great Mother, the goddess of love, beauty, and music, commonly portrayed as a woman with cow's ears, but sometimes as a cow.
		The temple at Karnak was dedicated to the three deities of Thebes, Amun-Ra, his consort Mut, and and their son Khonsu, and has three main temples as well as several smaller ones.
		It is the largest temple complex in the world; it is estimated that the area of the main temple alone could hold ten European cathedrals.
	gaia.ecs.csus.edu /~reardonf/Egypt/Luxor/Luxor.htm (939 words)

	Ancient Egypt Tours. Templetour Gods and Goddesses of ASncient Egypt, description of the places we visit.
		Temple of Queen Hatshepsut against the contrasting rough mountains is breathtaking.
		The temple is dedicated to Amun, Hathor and Anubis and served as a huge private chapel for offerings to the ka of the queen.
		The temple contained a mound in the center (symbol of the first land) surrounded by the Waters of Chaos.
	www.egyptereizen.org /templetour.html (668 words)

	The Ultimate Egyptian mythology - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Luxor – Built largely by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II, it was the center of the festival of Opet.
		Medinet Habu (Memorial Temple of Ramesses III) – Temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom.
		Ramesseum (Memorial Temple of Ramesses II) – The main building, dedicated to the funerary cult, comprised two stone pylons (gateways, some 60 m wide), one after the other, each leading into a courtyard.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Egyptian_mythology (2397 words)

	Karnak Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In a small temple near the East Gate is a large base where once stood the world's tallest obelisk, all 32.3 metres of it.
		The temple was probably completed under the last of the XX Dynasty pharaohs: Herihor He had risen through the army to become pharaoh and ultimately decided that if he wanted real power then being high priest of Amun would do nicely as well.
		When you consider that at this time the temple had over 80,000 slaves working for it and tributes in gold and jewels coming in from dozens of cities throughout the empire, he was probably on to a good thing.
	www.smg-authie.co.uk /egypt/karnak_temple.htm (1353 words)

	Karnak temple, Luxor, Egypt - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Karnak is the biggest temple complex in the world, covering an area of 100 hectares.
		On the west side is the entrance to the temple used by visitors which was once a quay built by Rarneses 11 to give access via a canal to the river Nile.
		While the god may certainly have been worshiped in these temples, it was also his symbolic home, if not considered his physical residence, and the functions of the temple were as much to serve his or her symbolic physical needs as they were for the god’s worship.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /egypt_karnak.htm (565 words)

	webhotep.com - Dendera Temple - The Great Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Constructed in honor of the goddess Hathor, the beautiful temple, though established as a temple site in the Old Kingdom, was rebuilt and is a wonderful example of late dynastic art.
		A statue of the god Bes; children's sarcophogi are all that remains of a children's cemetary that once existed on temple grounds.
		From left, columns in the famed temple; Greco-Roman column detail; detail of a bas relief; Cleopatra portrayed as pharaoh on the outer walls of the temple.
	www.webhotep.com /generic.html?pid=122 (444 words)

	Cairo Egypt - Sightseeing Tours \| Guided sightseeing tours in Cairo, Islamic Cairo, Coptic Cairo, Giza, Sakkara and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The divine triad of Dendera was carved on the south outer wall of the temple.
		The approach path to the temple is between two Roman fountains that end at the massive entry gate.
		The pylons of the back wall of the temple are suggestive of Egypt’s past when mud-brick, wood, and papyrus reeds were the principal construction materials.
	www.sunshinediving.com /land_tours/day_tour_05.htm (422 words)

	Dendera Temple Complex Tour, Ancient Temple Complex in Dendera, Temple of Isis, Coptic Basilica, Rom
		To enter this ancient Egyptian temple walk through a massive gate that lies between two Roman fountains.
		Within the mud-brick enclosure of the complex you will see the temple, two birth houses, a Coptic Basilica, a sanitarium, a sacred lake and a temple to Isis.
		Don’t miss the central building of the complex which is the temple of the Goddess Hathor, the goddess of love, music, wine and procreation.
	www.isango.com /ViewProductDetails.aspx?ServiceID=2276 (176 words)

	Temple of Behbeit el
		Nome of Lower Egypt, lies the ruins of a temple now known to be primarily dedicated to the Egyptian deity Isis, or as She was better called in the time of pre-Hellenic Kemet, Aset.
		The temple at Behbeit el-Hagar dedicated to the Divine Name of Aset and to Her Divine Husband Wesir and their Divine Son Heru, was built by Nectanebo II, last Egyptian King of the 30th Dynasty, and thus predates the Graeco-Roman temple to Isis at Philae.
		On one of the walls, about the center of the temple, is represented the sacred boat, or ark, of Isis, and in the shrine it bears is the "Lady of Hebai-t," seated between two figures of goddesses...who seem to protect her with their wings.
	www.per-aset.org /behbeit_el_hagar.htm (1319 words)

	EgyptSites - Dendera
		The village of Dendera is situated 60km north of Luxor on the west bank of the Nile opposite the provincial town of Qena, where the Nile Valley road branches off to the Red Sea town of Hurghada.
		The present temple building was begun before the reign of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II whose name is found in the crypts, continued through the Ptolemaic kings and was completed during Roman times.
		The rear wall of the first hypostyle was the façade of the original temple and a doorway leads to a smaller hypostyle known as the 'hall of appearances' where the statue of the goddess would first appear on her annual journey from the temple.
	www.egyptsites.co.uk /upper/dendera.html (1896 words)

	Dendera: Egypt \| Travel to Egypt and Israel
		The whole complex covers some 40.000 square meters and is surrounded by a hefty mud brick enclosed wall.
		The Temple complex is not crowded like so many other sites in Egypt today (yet!) Just compare it to example the Pyramids of Giza or Karnak at Luxor, one will know what crowded means.
		The temple is open from 8.00am to 4.00pm (5.00pm in the summer) and cost 20LE (per 1st Jan 2005) for a ticket, which one can buy directly at the gate.
	travel.goto-egypt.com /106/dendera-egypt (535 words)

	Dendera The temple of Hathor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		These were a central part to any Ptolemeic temple in that it was highly important for these Greek rulers to be able to show how they were true descendants of Horus.
		Here in her own temple she is able to survey all of the world.
		This hall leads further into the temple and to the hall of offerings on either side of which are steps leading to the roof.
	www.smg-authie.co.uk /egypt/dendera_temple.htm (531 words)

	McClung Museum - SCHOLARS, SCOUNDRELS, AND THE SPHINX
		The Great Temple (New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX), dedicated to the sun gods Amen-Re of Thebes and falcon-headed Re-Harakhte of Heliopolis, was created to celebrate the 30th year of the pharaoh's reign.
		The temple (Ptolemaic-Roman Periods, circa 116 BC-AD 34) is dedicated to Hathor, goddess of love and joy, consort of Horus of Edfu, and equated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
		The colonnades of the Temple of Amenhotep III (New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII), a group of 32 clustered papyrus-columns with bud-capitals, loom in the Second Court with their architraves, capitals, and shafts intact.
	mcclungmuseum.utk.edu /specex/scholars/scholars.htm (1823 words)

	Dendera, Egypt, Temple of Hathor, Virtual Tour. J&K's Egyptian Holiday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Temple of Dendera was built by the Ptolomies and later elements were added by the Romans.
		The complex was surrounded by high mud brick walls that were built in alternating concave and convex sections.
		She commissioned work on the Temple at Dendera and is pictured along with her son Caeserion on one of the outside wall reliefs.
	www.egyptholiday.com /november/t_hathor.htm (204 words)

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