Upper Egypt (Qena, Sohag)
Dendera
دندرة
Temple of Hathor, among the best-preserved temple complexes in Egypt.
The temple of Hathor at Dendera, north of Luxor, is among the best-preserved temple complexes in Egypt. Mostly built in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, it keeps its roof, stairways and crypts, and its hypostyle hall ceiling still shows vivid painted astronomical scenes. A cast of the famous Dendera zodiac is on the roof chapel; the original is in the Louvre.
Highlights
- The painted astronomical ceiling
- The roof chapels and stairways
- Reliefs of Cleopatra VII and Caesarion
Good to know
- Often combined with Abydos in a day trip from Luxor.
Ways to experience it:Historical & archaeological
- Suggested visit
- Half day
- Coordinates
- 26.1418°N, 32.6702°E (approximate)
- Status
- Editorial draft · unverified
- Sources
- Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities — monuments portal
- Wikidata — Dendera Temple complex (Q735254)
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