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Dendara
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Dendara or Dendera (both: dĕn`dərä), town, N Egypt, on the Nile River. Nearby is the site of the ancient Greek city of Tentyra. There is a large, well-preserved temple of Hathor Hathor , in Egyptian religion, celestial goddess of love and festivity. The personification of the sky, she was represented as a star-studded cow or as a woman with the head of a cow.
..... Click the link for more information.  (1st cent. B.C.), which contained a zodiacal table now in the Louvre museum in Paris, and a temple of Isis, which contains cultist inscriptions.
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Other artifacts that Egypt would like to regain include the Dendera Zodiac from the Louvre, a bust of pyramid builder Ankhaf from the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and a statue of architect Hemiunu, currently in the Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim, Germany.
Egypt battling for more relics after Louvre success by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
Other artefacts that Egypt would like to regain include the Dendera Zodiac from the Louvre, a bust of pyramid builder Ankhaf from the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and a statue of architect Hemiunu, currently in the Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim, Germany.
Egypt battling for more relics after Louvre success by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Another unforgettable part of a Nile cruise holiday is the opportunity to view the Edfu and the Dendera temples.
See Egypt in Luxury on a Nile Cruise by Adam Singleton / Sports and fitness community
 
 
 
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