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Dendera
ⲛⲓⲧⲛⲧⲱⲣⲉ
ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲛⲧⲱⲣⲓ
دندرة
City
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Entrance to Dendara Temple, Dendara Temple Complex, Inside Hathor Temple, Hathor Temple Complex
Dendera is located in Egypt
Dendera
Dendera
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 26°10′05″N 32°39′22″E / 26.16806°N 32.65611°E / 26.16806; 32.65611
CountryDendera Egypt
GovernorateQena
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

Dendera (Arabic: دَنْدَرة Dandarah; Ancient Greek: Τεντυρις or Τεντυρα; Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲛⲧⲱⲣⲓ, romanized: Nitentōri; Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲧⲛⲧⲱⲣⲉ, romanized: Nitntōre),[1][2] also spelled Denderah, ancient Iunet 𓉺𓈖𓏏𓊖 “jwn.t”,[3] Tentyris[4][5],(Arabic: Ewan-t إيوان-ة ),[6] or Tentyra[7] is a small town and former bishopric in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Qena, on the opposite side of the river. It is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Luxor and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. It contains the Dendera Temple complex, one of the best-preserved temple sites from ancient Upper Egypt.

  1. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1929). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 6. p. 23.
  2. ^ "Tentyris (Dendera)". Trismegistos. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ^ Philae-Data. "Iunet (Dendera)". ancientworlds.net. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17.
  4. ^ "Linguistic Bibliography". blonline.nl. Archived from the original on 2014-03-04.
  5. ^ "Félix Teynard - Dendérah (Tentyris), Temple d'Athôr - Face Postérieure - Cléopatre et Cæsarion - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". metmuseum.org.
  6. ^ Hawas, Zahi (2002). مخطوط معجم اللغة المصرية القديمة احمد كمال كمال. الجزء االثاني عشر (in Arabic). Cairo: Al-maǧlis al-aʿlá li-l-aṯār, high council of antiquities. p. 496. ISBN 9773053474.
  7. ^ In old sources such as Belzoni.

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Dendera (Arabic: دَنْدَرة Dandarah; Ancient Greek: Τεντυρις or Τεντυρα; Bohairic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲧⲉⲛⲧⲱⲣⲓ, romanized: Nitentōri; Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲓⲧⲛⲧⲱⲣⲉ, romanized: Nitntōre)...

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Dendera Temple complex

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The Dendera Temple complex (Ancient Egyptian: Iunet or Tantere; the 19th-century English spelling in most sources, including Belzoni, was Tentyra; also...

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The Dendera light is a motif in the Hathor temple at Dendera in Egypt. It depicts the Egyptian creation myth, and the text surrounding the pieces confirm...

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Dendera zodiac

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The sculptured Dendera zodiac (or Denderah zodiac) is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos (or portico) of a chapel dedicated...

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Mammisi

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including the Roman emperors. The most important surviving examples in Dendera, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, El Kab, Athribis, Armant, the Dakhla Oasis etc...

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Simon Chimbetu

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vocalist and composer. He was the founding member of his band Orchestra Dendera Kings. He was known by many stage names, including "Chopper, "Mr Viscose"...

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Hathor

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supplanted an early crocodile god who was worshipped at Dendera in Upper Egypt to become Dendera's patron deity, and she increasingly absorbed the cult of...

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Gloryhammer

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"The Epic Tour of Furious Thunder" European tour with Darkest Era and Dendera. April - May 2014 - Australian Tour supported by Lagerstein. December 2014...

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Helicopter hieroglyphs

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visible, creating a palimpsest-like effect of overlapping hieroglyphs. Dendera light Brand, Peter J. (2023). Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh. Lockwood...

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Egypt

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The Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar, Caesarion, at the Temple of Dendera...

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Hellenistic astrology

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included two signs – the Balance and the Scorpion, as evidenced in the Dendera Zodiac (in the Greek version the Balance was known as the Scorpion’s Claws)...

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Julius Caesar

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Reliefs of Cleopatra and her son by Julius Caesar, Caesarion, at the Temple of Dendera...

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Mona Lisa

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stela Bronze Sphinx of Thutmose III Cosmetic Spoon: Young Girl Swimming Dendera zodiac Great Sphinx of Tanis Khonsuemheb and the Ghost Raherka and Meresankh...

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Cleopatra

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with Roman copies of Ptolemaic sculpted works of art. The Dendera Temple complex, near Dendera, Egypt, contains Egyptian-style carved relief images along...

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Zodiac

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characterize every Egyptian astrological monument. Both the famous zodiacs of Dendera display their symbols, identified by Karl Richard Lepsius. The division...

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Nephthys

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could mandate the liberal consumption of beer. In various reliefs at Edfu, Dendera, and Behbeit, Nephthys is depicted receiving lavish beer offerings from...

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Ihy

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his mouth. He was worshipped along with Horus and Hathor as a trio at Dendera, Ihy's main cult site, constructed early in the 4th dynasty. Emperor Augustus...

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Constellation

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Greek and Babylonian astronomical systems culminating in the Zodiac of Dendera; it remains unclear when this occurred, but most were placed during the...

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Priestess of Hathor

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was the title of the Priestess of the goddess Hathor in the Temple of Dendera in Ancient Egypt. The title is known to be given during the Old Kingdom...

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Roman Egypt

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as-Suyrān; in the Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert at Dayr Abū Mattā, and at Dendera.: 674  The tomb-chapel of the White Monastery's founder, Shenoute, was...

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Temple of Edfu

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one of several temples built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom, including the Dendera Temple complex, Esna, the Temple of Kom Ombo, and Philae. Its size reflects...

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Caesarion

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relief, as an adult pharaoh, with his mother on the Temple of Hathor at Dendera. His infant image appears on some bronze coins of Cleopatra. In addition...

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Astrology

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BCE, Egypt was conquered by the Persians. The 1st century BCE Egyptian Dendera Zodiac shares two signs – the Balance and the Scorpion – with Mesopotamian...

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Venus de Milo

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stela Bronze Sphinx of Thutmose III Cosmetic Spoon: Young Girl Swimming Dendera zodiac Great Sphinx of Tanis Khonsuemheb and the Ghost Raherka and Meresankh...

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Heqet

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accompanied by Heqet, moulds Ihy in a relief from the mammisi (birth temple) at Dendera Temple complex Early Dynastic Period (c. 3000 BC) frog statuette (Cleveland...

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Qena

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town on the River Nile situated next to the famous Greco-Roman temples of Dendera. Also on the Nile, Luxor is a long-time tourist hotspot that in large part...

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List of cities and towns in Egypt

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Dahab Dairut Damanhur Damietta Dar El Salam Daraw Deir Mawas Dekernes Dendera Desouk Diarb Negm Dishna Edfu Edku El Alamein El Ayyat El Badari El Badrashein...

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Domitian

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Trajan, in offering scenes on the propylon of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera. His cartouche also appears in the column shafts of the Temple of Khnum...

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Star chart

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sky is the Ptolemaic Egyptian Dendera zodiac, dating from 50 BC. This is a bas relief sculpting on a ceiling at the Dendera Temple complex. It is a planisphere...

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