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|Tiffany blue, unique to the goddess Hathor. I arrived at the Temple of Hathor on February 14, 2024. May we receive your meticulous protection as we wander in the river of love. ✓【Temple of Hathor】Must-check-in section Hathor: the goddess of love, beauty, wealth, music and dance, the daughter of the sun god Ra and the spouse of Horus. ① Hathor goddess capital (bull head form) ②Tiffany blue ceiling ③Rare image of "Sky Goddess - Nut" ④ The origin of the "Zodiac" on the roof of the Northeast Suite ⑤Basement "Ancient Alien Light Bulb" Source ⑥Relief of Cleopatra and Caesar's son on the south side of the outer wall ⑦ Two Mamixi (delivery rooms) from different eras ✓【Temple of Hathor】Well-preserved architecture Dendera was an important administrative and cult center during the Sixth Dynasty (2320 BC), but most of its remains date from the late Pharaonic period. The biggest reason why the buildings from the late Pharaoh era can still be listed as the most iconic temples is that they are basically intact: whether it is the stone roof and columns, the dark interior rooms and cellar stairs, they are still decorated with a large number of hieroglyphs. ✓【Outer Hypostyle Hall】Grants from the Roman Empire Built by the Roman Emperor Tiberius, the 24 huge columns had heads of the goddess Hathor carved on all four sides of the front six, but the faces were chiseled off by later Christians. ✓【Inner Hypostyle Hall】Ptolemaic Dynasty of Greece It is also decorated with the head of the goddess Hathor, but on a smaller scale, and the walls are engraved with scenes of royal religious ceremonies. The blank scrollwork means that the craftsmen were reluctant to engrave the name of the pharaoh who ruled at the time, because the pharaohs of the Ptolemaic period changed so quickly. ✓【Tribute Hall and Crypt】The Sanctuary of Hathor After the inner and outer hypostyle halls is the Tribute Hall, which leads to the sanctuary. The statue of the goddess Hathor was stored in the cellar at that time. Every year when the Nile River rose in tide, it would be carried out and invited into the Tribute Hall, and finally carried to the roof to receive the ceremony with other gods. ✓【Tiffany Blue Ceiling】Blue Nile Nut, the goddess of the sky, holds up the sky with her body and arms outstretched. The Eye of Horus crosses the Nile in the solar boat. A procession of underworld gods lined up to worship Horus. Nut, the sky goddess, closed her eyes and spit out the sun and the wings of Horus. The famous "Zodiac" is located in the Northeast Suite. The original is in the Louvre, and currently a piece of plaster is pasted on it. 【Mamissi and exterior wall relief】 Outside the temple, there are many attractions in the two mamis (delivery rooms) built during the Ptolemaic Dynasty and the Roman Empire. Don't miss them. There are also lion-shaped gargoyles on the outer wall, which are used to pray for rainfall, as well as murals of the pharaoh worshiping gods. The most spectacular wall is the south wall, where Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, and Caesarion, the son of Ulysses Caesar, stand together.
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