Dendera Temple

We sailed North three hours from Luxor to reach Quena.

This 300 BC temple was built Romans and Greeks, dedicated to Hathor - the god of material and family love.

   


This is at the back of upper deck for our protection

   more unfinished buildings

         

  This lady (left) is identified as Cleopatra. The figure on the right is how she imagined her son if he had grown to adulthood.

    

    

  cleaned ceiling and columns

    

     hole and stairs

.  another temple upstairs

   This well  is used to measure the depth of the Nile, which determines the Tax levees!

 

Next stop: Karnak Temple