Luxor Trip Overview
Dendera is a small town in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile , about 5 kilometers south of Qena ,On the opposite side of the river . It is located approximately 60 kilometers north of Luxor , It contains Dendera Temple Complex , One of the best preserved temple sites from ancient Upper Egypt .
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Luxor, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Dendera is a small town in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile , about 5 kilometers south of Qena ,On the opposite side of the river . It is located approximately 60 kilometers north of Luxor , It contains Dendera Temple Complex , One of the best preserved temple sites from ancient Upper Egypt .
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Stop At: Dendera Temple Complex, Dendera Egypt
Start your tour by driving to Dendera which located about 60 km north of Luxor To visit the unique Dendera Temple which contains the Temple of Hathor , is one of the best preserved temples , if not the best preserved one , in all of Upper Egypt . The whole complex covers some 40.000 square meters and is surrounded by a mud brick wall . The present building dates back to the times of the Ptolemaic dynasty and was completed by the Roman emperor Tiberius , but it rests on the foundations of earlier buildings dating back at least as far as Khufu but it was the Pharaoh Pepi l who built the temple , It was once home to the celebrated Dendera Zodiac , Which is now displayed in the Louvre in Paris . There are also Roman and pharaonic Mammisi , ruins of a Coptic church and a small chapel dedicated to Isis , dating to the Roman or the Ptolemaic epoch .
Duration: 2 hours
