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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra. The entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th...

Hathor capitals in the yard of the Hathor Temple in Dendera, a temple built during the reigns of Emperors Domitian and Trajan (81-117 CE)
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Hathor capitals in the yard of the Hathor Temple in Dendera, a temple bui...

Sculpture of the god Besh, Temple of Dendera, built under the Emperors Trajan and Domitian 81-117 CE.
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Sculpture of the god Besh, Temple of Dendera, built under the Emperors...

Mammisi of Nectanebo, foreground, and "sanatorium" of the Temple of Hathor, Dendera, one of the "healing" temples in Egypt. Although a much earlier temple existed in Dendera, the present building dates from the Ptolemaic and Roman period.
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Mammisi of Nectanebo, foreground, and "sanatorium" of the Temple of Hathor...

Hathor columns in the hypostyle hall of the Hathor Temple at Dendera, built under Emperors Trajan and Domitian, 81-117 CE
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Hathor columns in the hypostyle hall of the Hathor Temple at Dendera, built...

Columns in the hypostyle hall of the Hathor Temple in Dendera, built under Emperors Trajan and Domitian, 81-117 CE
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Columns in the hypostyle hall of the Hathor Temple in Dendera, built under...

Columns with Hathor capitals in the hypostyle hall, Temple of Hathor, Dendera.
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Columns with Hathor capitals in the hypostyle hall, Temple of Hathor, Dender...

Columns with Hathor capitals in the hypostyle hall of the Hathor Temple in Dendera. Reliefs on walls are religious texts stating days of festivals and observation of rituals.
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Columns with Hathor capitals in the hypostyle hall of the Hathor Temple in...

"Chapel of the Union with the Disk", on the roof of the Hathor Temple in in Dendera.
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"Chapel of the Union with the Disk", on the roof of the Hathor Temple in in...

"Chapel of the Union with the Disk" on the roof of the Temple of Hathor, Dendera.
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"Chapel of the Union with the Disk" on the roof of the Temple of Hathor, De...

The sacred lake, now a grove of palm trees, Hathor Temple, Dendera. The former brick walls of the temple precinct are now mounds of mud.
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The sacred lake, now a grove of palm trees, Hathor Temple, Dendera. The for...

The entrance to the upper chapel of the Hathor Temple at Dendera is flanked by two columns with Hathor-head capitals.
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The entrance to the upper chapel of the Hathor Temple at Dendera is flanked by...