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Front of Temple of Hathor, showing Hathor columns.

Dendera was the main city of the sixth Egyptian Nome. A Nome is like a state or province.

Dendera was also the site of an ancient cult center for Hathor.

The Temple of Dendera was built by the Ptolomies and later elements were added by the Romans. The complex included two birth houses, a sacred lake, two chapels dedicated to Osiris and a chapel dedicated to Isis. The complex was surrounded by high mud brick walls that were built in alternating concave and convex sections. This produced a wavy structure that is assumed to signify the primordial sea which surrounds the symbolic mound of birth and regeneration on which the temple was built.

Follow this weblink to see a map of the complex. Click here to see an explanation of birth houses.

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The Gate to the compound constructed by Roman Emperors Domition and Trajan   The gate of Domitian and
Trajan		 View along aisle of columns to entrance to sanctuary   Into the Sanctuary.
Single Story birth house.   The Birth House, front and side
view.middle		 Stairs on roof of temple with gods carved into wall behind each stair riser.   Gods climb the
rooftop stairway.
Close shot of outside columns with defaced Hathor columns.   Close up of front
of Temple with defaced Hathor columns.
 Osiris chapel built on roof of temple.   Osiris chapel that housed Zodiac
calendar.
Guard seated at base of soaring columns.   Tourists in the Hypostyle Hall.
bottom		 Giant gods carved into outer walls.   External Decorations.
Detail of top of Hathor column.   Hathor columns
and detail of carvings.		 Sunken, sacred lake, now full of palm trees.   Sacred Lake.
      Crumbled mud brick that formed a thick, tall wall around the compound.   Crumbled mud brick
wall and stone
gateway.
 
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Cleopatra was the last of the Ptolomaic Pharaohs. She commissioned work on the Temple at Dendera and is pictured along with her son Caeserion on one of the outside wall reliefs.

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