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Plan of Hathor Temple "Gate of Domitian and Trajan" northern entrance of the Temple of Hathor, in Dendera, Egypt. [3] [4] Roman Emperor Trajan as a Pharaoh making an offering to the Gods, in Dendera, Egypt. [5] The temple that dominates this complex, the structure that commands the attention of those who visit, is the Temple of Hathor.
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (Egyptian: Ḏsr-ḏsrw meaning "Holy of Holies") is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. [ b ] Located opposite the city of Luxor , it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture.
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English: Dendera temple construction is estimated at the 1st century BC. The temple, dedicated to Hathor, is one of the best preserved temples in all Egypt. Subsequent additions were added in Roman times. Great stone roof and columns, dark chambers, underground crypts, twisting stairways, all carved with hieroglyphs. Dendera, Qena, Egypt.
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The relief sculpture within Hatshepsut's temple recites the tale of the divine birth of the pharaoh. The text and pictorial cycle also tell of an expedition to the Land of Punt, an exotic country on the Red Sea coast. On either side of the entrance to the sanctuary (shown right) are painted pillars with images of Hathor as the capitals
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The first images of the Hathor-cow suckling the king date to his reign, and several priestesses of Hathor were depicted as though they were his wives, although he may not have actually married them. [ 111 ] [ 112 ] In the course of the Middle Kingdom, queens were increasingly seen as directly embodying the goddess, just as the king embodied Ra ...