HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE

DENDERA No.1

• Dendera, one of the important sanctuary of Hathor, is located 50km north from Luxor.
• Temple of Hathor at Dendera, with the temple of Horus at Edfu, is one of the best-preserved of the Ptolemaic temples.

Temple of Hathor; The facade of the Hypostyle Hall, seen from south.

• Late Ptolemaic-Roman period.
• Hathor is a cow-headded goddes.
  
  
• The same style temples are the Temple of Khnum in Esna (Ptolemaic-Roman period, 50km south from Luxor), the Temple of Horus in Edfu (Ptolemaic-Roman period, 50km south from Esna) and the Temple of Kom Ombo in Kom Ombo (Ptlemaic-Roman period, 60km south from Edfu).

Photo: Shoji Hiramatsu

[No.1]Temple of Hathor; facade : [No.2]Temple of Hathor; facade, Hypostyle Hall
[No.3]Temple of Hathor; interior : [No.4]Birth House (Mammisi), Coptic Church
[No.5]Temple of Isis, Birth House (Mammisi)

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