Ceiling Relief - Pronaos, Temple of Hathor, Dendera Complex
Creation myth (of the world and the temple), with the sun reborn from the womb of Nut, head of Hathor on the temple, and the Cancer crab emerging from Nut's legs; stars and planets, and zodiacal decans, 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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