Luxor to Dendera Tour: Explore the Temple Complex in Ancient Upper Egypt

Dendera

Dendera, a quaint town in Egypt, lies on the western banks of the Nile and is roughly 5 kilometers to the south of Qena, situated across the river. Positioned about 60 kilometers to the north of Luxor, it proudly holds the Dendera Temple Complex, a remarkably well-maintained example of ancient Upper Egyptian temple architecture.

Duration: 3 hours

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Highlights

Dendera Temple Complex - 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 .

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