WEDNEDSDAY, AUGUST 4: DENDERA TEMPLE

• Breakfast onboard and sail to Qena
• Briefing by Egyptologist
• Lunch onboard
• Visit Dendera Temple (slide show)
• Back to Misr in Qena and sail to Naga Hammadi
• Dinner onboard
• Passing the bridges in Naga Hammadi
• Overnight in Naga Hammadi

Dendera has been the home of worship of the goddess Hathor since at least 3000 BC. Today we’ll see Hathor’s temple, dating to Greco-Roman and Roman times. The structure has several astronomy-related features including an illustration of the surveying method (“the stretching of the cord”) used to orient the building to the rising of the constellation Meskhetiye (“The Plow”), a beautiful zodiac ceiling, and a feast calendar. Enjoy a feast for the eyes at this well preserved site.

We’ll join our Egyptologist for a backgrounder on Dendera and a preview of Abydos Temple’s key features.

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