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Temple of Hathor in Dendera

The temple of the Egyptian goddess Hathor in Dendera was built during the Ptolemaic period in the first century BC. It is located in the city of Dendera not far away from Qena, in the upper Nile valley, about 90km north of Luxor. The temple compound extends over an area of 200m x 100m and comprises a number of structures. The main Hathor temple has a hall with many columns. On the Roman birth house there are bas-reliefs of the goddess Hathor breast-feeding a boy.


01 Main temple	02 Main temple	03 Bas-relief of Egyptian god Bes	04 Gate	05 Roman birth house


06 Goddess Hathor bas-reliefs on Roman birth house	07 Goddess Hathor bas-reliefs on Roman birth house	08 Goddess Hathor bas-reliefs on Roman birth house	09 Roman birth house	10 Columns of Roman birth house


11 Columns of Roman birth house	12 Hathor and Horus bas-reliefs	13 Kiosk with columns

Other Upper Nile Valley galleries: Temple of Seti in Abydos ▪ Luxor ▪ Temple of Hatshepsut ▪ Nile Valley ▪ Temple of Horus in Edfu ▪ Temple of Kom Ombo ▪ Aswan ▪ Temple of Philae ▪ Abu Simbel

Categories: Archaeological sites ▪ Tourist attractions ▪ Ancient Egyptian architecture ▪ Ruins ▪ Temples ▪ Religious sites ▪ Ancient Egyptian religion

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