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| One of the more interesting things about Dendera is that the visitor can get on to the roof via a staircase set into the temple wall, decorated on both sides with unfortunately unphotographable reliefs. | ||||||||||||||||
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| The small open-roofed chapel on the roof. The statue of Hathor was brought here on New Year's day to greet the dawn sun. | ||||||||||||||||
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| In another chapel on the roof is the famous Zodiac of Dendera - this is a reproduction, the original being in the Louvre. It's possible to see the modern zodiac signs, but as it is on the ceiling, it is difficult to photograph. | ||||||||||||||||
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The birth houses and Coptic church as seen from the roof of the temple. |
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