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  • Dendera Temple Complex

  • Dendera Temple Complex

    Dendera Temple Complex, located about 2.5 kilometres south-east of Dendera, Egypt. The earliest extant building in the compound today is the Mammisi raised by Nectanebo II between 360-343 BC. The other temples are mostly Greco-Roman such as Hathor temple, also called Temple of Tentyra, which is the main temple in the colmplex that dating back to the Ptolemaic period in the 3rd century BC.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Dendera Temple Complex
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    Dendera Temple Complex

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2003

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    Ancient Temples

    Location

    Egypt

    Qena

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    4th Century BC

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ptolemaic

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