#dendera

[egypt-ancient-and-modern]

Hypostyle hall of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera

[samiaelsaid]

Tefnut is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with moisture, rain, and fertility. She is often depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness, wearing a solar disk or a combination of the solar disk and the cobra (uraeus) on her head, as seen in the image......

[antiquitiesandlabyrinths]

Scenery and imagery from the Hathor temple at Dendera, built in the Greco-Roman period

photos taken by me in August, 2023

Some parts of this temple, when I visited, were off limits. However it was very hard to distinguish what was and wasn’t off limits, so my companion and I wandered everywhere. We also bought passes to the different hidden chambers of the temple; well worth the price in my opinion. You descend or ascend cramped, steep stairs to get to seemingly secret and certainly hidden tunnels filled with vivid imagery of the Gods and worship. Unfortunately, the Dendera calendar filled with zodiacs, has been stolen and replaced with a black cast of what it once was. The original now rests in a museum in Europe.

[cosmicportal]

The Dendera zodiac - Egypt

[7pleiades7]

Temple of Hathor in Dendera. Detail of the columns with lotus capitals

The temple is renowned for its well-preserved architecture, featuring a massive hypostyle hall with 24 columns.

The columns are topped with capital sculptures depicting the face of Hathor, the goddess of love, joy, and music.

The walls and ceiling are adorned with detailed hieroglyphics and colorful reliefs that have survived for centuries.

The complex is one of the most prominent archaeological sites in Egypt, dedicated to the worship of Hathor

[namonaki-pharaoh]

📸 Ahmed Sameh

Temple of Hathor.

📍 Dandarah (Dendera), Egypt

[kemetnefret]

| Lunar barque characterized by the left eye of Horus, protected by Thoth and followed by Osiris | { Ceiling of Dendera temple, Ptolemaic period }

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Basalt cups from a set of implements for the Ceremony of Opening the Mouth.

Period: 6th Dynasty

Place of origin: Tomb of Adu I, Dendera, Upper Egypt

Medium: Basalt