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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 spelled Denderah [1]) is located about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south-east of Dendera, Egypt.
Temple of Dendera. Hathor was among the most important and popular deities in ancient Egypt. She was associated with music, joy, dance and motherhood; she was also known as the lady of the sky. Her main cult center was at Dendera where one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt stands today.
The Temple of Dendera is one of the best preserved and biggest temple complexes in Egypt. It is actually a large area of about 4 hectares (about 10 acres or 8 football pitches), and in this area there are Roman and Ptolemaic Greek buildings, a Coptic church building that dates to about the 5th century, and ancient Egyptian ruins.
Learn about the history, architecture and decoration of the temple of Hathor, one of the best preserved and most important cultic sites of ancient Egypt. Explore the hypostyle halls, the sanctuary, the crypts, the roof and the festival of the New Year.
One of the most remarkable mammisi structures in Egypt can be found at the Dendera Temple Complex, about 2.5 miles southeast of the city of Dendera. This complex is one of the best-preserved temple sites in Egypt and dates back to the Ptolemaic period, roughly from 305 BCE to 30 BCE.
The Temple of Dendera, also known as the Hathor Temple, is the main attraction of the religious compound and a must-visit site. As visitors enter directly into the hypostyle hall, the grandeur of the temple is immediately evident.
The temple complex of Dendera (Denderah, Tentyra) is one of the best preserved complexes in Egypt. It lies around 2.5km south-east of Dendera (known to the ancient Egyptians as Iunet or Tantere) the sixth Nome of Upper Egypt.
