Ceiling Relief - Pronaos, Temple of Hathor, Dendera Complex
Creation myth (of the world and the temple), with a giant figure of Nut, who swallows the falcon god Horus in the evening; stars and planets, and zodiacal decans on barques, polychrome relief, detail, on the ceiling of the Pronaos, a large hypostyle hall with Hathor head columns and walls and ceiling decorated with astronomical scenes and royal rituals, in the Temple of Hathor, built from 54 BC under Ptolemy Auletes, at the Dendera Temple Complex, at Dendera, Qena, Egypt. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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