Temple of Hathor at Dendera

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ancient Egyptian temple archaeological site

The Temple of Hathor at Dendera is a remarkably well-preserved ancient Egyptian temple complex dedicated to the goddess Hathor, renowned for its richly decorated reliefs, astronomical ceiling, and Greco-Roman period architecture.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Dendera Temple complex 2
Dendera Temple of Hathor 1
Temple of Hathor 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Greco-Roman architecture ⓘ
Hellenistic architecture ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic architecture
associatedDeity Horus ⓘ
surface form: Horus of Edfu

Ihi ⓘ
constructionBegan late Ptolemaic period ⓘ
constructionCompleted Roman period ⓘ
dedicatedTo Hathor ⓘ
function cult temple ⓘ
pilgrimage center ⓘ
hasFeature Greek inscriptions ⓘ
Hathor-headed columns ⓘ
Osireion ⓘ
surface form: Osirian chapels

astronomical ceiling ⓘ
birth house ⓘ
crypt reliefs with ritual objects ⓘ
crypts ⓘ
hypostyle hall ⓘ
inscriptions in hieroglyphs ⓘ
massive stone enclosure wall ⓘ
monumental gateway ⓘ
naos ⓘ
relief-decorated walls ⓘ
reliefs of Roman emperors as pharaohs ⓘ
reliefs of astronomical deities ⓘ
reliefs of the Dendera light motif ⓘ
reliefs of the Feast of the Beautiful Meeting ⓘ
reliefs of the divine birth of the king ⓘ
reliefs of the sky goddess Nut ⓘ
rooftop chapels ⓘ
sacred lake ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
zodiac ceiling ⓘ
knownFor astronomical iconography ⓘ
excellent state of preservation ⓘ
richly decorated reliefs ⓘ
zodiac of Dendera ⓘ
locatedIn Dendera ⓘ
Qena Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedInCountry Egypt ⓘ
majorConstructionUnder Cleopatra VII ⓘ
Ptolemy XII Auletes ⓘ
Roman emperors ⓘ
material sandstone ⓘ
partOf Dendera ⓘ
surface form: Dendera Temple complex
period Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Roman Egypt
primaryDeity Hathor ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeList Egyptian sites of the Theban and Upper Egyptian region ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Dendera → hasArchaeologicalSite → Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dendera Temple complex
Dendera → hasFeature → Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ
this entity surface form: zodiac relief (Dendera Zodiac, now in the Louvre)
Qena Governorate → hasHeritageSiteNearby → Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dendera Temple complex
Qena → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ
Dendera → hasPart → Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ
Qena Governorate → hasReligiousSite → Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dendera Temple of Hathor
Temple of Philae → notableStructure → Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Hathor
Hathor → temple → Temple of Hathor at Dendera ⓘ