About 60 k.m north of luxor, locates one of the most preserved temples in Egypt Dandra temple
It is considered the only one that has an original ceiling and buildings very well preserved even it has stairs and roof, may be because it is not as old as the temples of luxor, it is just.. 2000 years old ….!!!!
It was dedicated to goddess Hathor, the one of love ,happiness and music
She was represented as a cow or a woman with 2 ears of a cow, her huge columns which has her face are massive well known by hathoric columns
The temple was rebuilt by the Greek period between 250 -30 b.c on the remains of an older temple was there related to Ramses the 3rd about 1000 b.c
No better preserved ceiling in Egypt than this one ,so some amazing details for the god ra and his solar boats ,his eye looking at earth from the sky, the other gods around it in so organized scene
Next by that, you see the long stretched body of nut ,goddess of the sky who swallows the sun disc by evening to give birth for it in the morning
The temple is well known by the scenes of the zodiac which decorate his ceiling in lower and upper floors
Osiris, god of death has there 2 rooms showing his tragedy story with his bad brother seth god of evil, after been killed by him twice, while his wife goddess ISIS was trying to get him life back again from God ra, then she together with her sister Nephtes goddess of magic share in his mummification
Queen Cleopatra the 7th the most famous one who was the last one of the Greek rulers for Egypt has a beautiful scene on the back wall of the temple which is very unique
The temple got two stairs in different designs
One has a square shape while the other is designed in straight structure and both in a very good condition and are used till now to get up and down
Some Nile cruises sail in one day tour to dandra to get couple of hours there ,and most of tourists who stay in luxor for few days ,they get a driving tour to this temple in one day of their staying time in luxor
You too my dear still can has this pleasure of seeing this temple when you are in luxor thebes the ancient Egyptians capital
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