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- Dec 22, 2021, 9:22am
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 80 m
- Egypt New Valley Al Qurnah ‘Ilwat ash Shaykh ‘Abd al Qurnah 25.73, 32.61525°43’48” N 32°36’54” E
Day 18
Deir el-Medina Monastery
December 22, 2021 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Yes, I recognize the redundancy in the title of this post that literally means Monastery of the City Monastery. I did that just to distinguish this part of the archaeological site from the rest. The 1st 2 pictures look at the remains of the Coptic monastery.
The monastery was built around a Temple to Hathor that itself was built upon several earlier temples. The small but rather well preserved temple dates to the Ptolemaic period, with construction beginning in the 3rd century BCE.
The 3rd picture looks into the temple through the hypostyle hall. Notice the columns with papyrus capitals. The door to the rear leads to a hall with 3 chapels, the central one that is dedicated to Hathor, is in the 4th picture.
The 5th picture is of a sacred scarab being worshipped by 2 women. This is identified as Greco-Roman as the women are naked. In earlier Egyptian art, the women are clothed.
The last picture is of some more of the wall art. At top of the picture are the goddesses Maat and Hathor. Below them is the god Anubis and pharaoh.Read more
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- Dec 22, 2021, 12:21pm
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 76 m
- Egypt New Valley Al Ashrāf al Baḩrīyah Ma‘bad Dandarah 26.14294, 32.6704626°8’35” N 32°40’14” E
Day 18
Dendera Temple
December 22, 2021 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Dendera is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. Evidence has been found that suggests that temples existed here at least as far back as the 3rd millennium BCE. The existing temple dates to the Ptolemaic period with construction beginning in the 1st century BCE and continuing in the Roman period.
The main building here is a temple to Hathor. All these pictures are taken there except the 1st which shows one of the original temple gates and the mud brick wall that surrounds the temple complex.
The 2nd picture is taken in the mummification room here. You can see numerous depictions of Anubis, the god of the dead (among others things) as well as the process of mummifying a body.
The 3rd picture is the back wall of the main temple. This is significant as it one of the few places where Cleopatra VII (the famous Cleopatra) is depicted. Also here, though not in the picture, is her son Cesarion, fathered by Julius Caesar.
The final 3 pictures are more examples of the exquisite artwork, carving and painting in this temple.Read more
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