Tentyris

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Tentyris is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian city of Dendera, renowned for its well-preserved temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Hathor.

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Tentyris canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
historical place name
associatedWithDeity Hathor
Horus
Isis
Osiris
correspondsToModern Dendera
countryToday Egypt
culturalSignificance important center of Hathor worship
flourishedDuring Ptolemaic Kingdom
surface form: Ptolemaic period

Roman period in Egypt
GreekNameOf Dendera
hasArchaeologicalSite Temple of Hathor at Dendera
surface form: Dendera Temple complex
hasFeature astronomical ceiling
zodiac relief
hasIconography astral and zodiacal motifs
Hathor
surface form: cow-eared goddess Hathor
hasMainTemple Temple of Hathor at Dendera
hasStructure Roman kiosks
birth house (mammisi)
sacred lake
sanctuary of Isis
knownFor Temple of Hathor
well-preserved temple complex
languageOfName Ancient Greek
locatedIn Egypt
Upper Egypt
nearModernCity Qena
notableFor Greco-Roman temple architecture
preservation of temple reliefs
partOf ancient Egyptian religious landscape
periodOfMajorConstruction early Roman imperial era
late Ptolemaic era
referencedIn Greco-Roman literary sources
regionHistorically Thebaid
religiousAssociation fertility and motherhood through Hathor
music and joy through Hathor
religiousFunction cult center of Hathor
pilgrimage site
situatedOn west bank of the Nile
templeAlsoHonors Horus
surface form: Horus of Edfu

Isis
templeDedicatedPrimarilyTo Hathor
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext part of major ancient Egyptian temple sites often visited with Luxor region

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dendera ancientName Tentyris
Iunet hasGreekName Tentyris
Iunet-ta-netert hasRomanName Tentyris