The Dendera lightbulb refers to a small stone carving found in the Temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt that depicts an object that resembles a lightbulb with a figure holding a rod or tube ...

The Temple of Hathor at Dendera contains a number of small crypts on its eastern, southern, and western sides. These are thought to have served as warehouses or treasuries for ritual furnishings ...

The main temple dates to the Ptolemaic and Roman period and is dedicated to Hathor, the cow goddess whose main cult centre was Dendera. She was the goddess of motherhood, fertility, agriculture ...

Though she was worshiped throughout Egypt, her most popular temple was located in Dendera, and both men and women served as clergy. Hathor thus stood at the center of Egypt’s spiritual heart ...

The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt decided to open the catacombs of Dendera Temple in Qena ... for the worship of the goddess “Hathor”, the goddess of love, beauty and family for the ancient ...

Visit the Temple of Dendera, dedicated to the goddess Hathor, with its beautifully decorated astronomical ceiling. Continue to the West Bank in Luxor, where you’ll explore the Valley of the ...

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