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Dendara Complex; Sacred Lake

unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Alternative Title
Dendera Complex; Sacred Lake
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/116480
Date
-2000-200
Description
Aerial view as seen from the roof terrace of the Hathor Temple; 'Sacred lake' is a term for an artificial body of water within ancient Egyptian temple precincts from the Old Kingdom (ca. 2575-ca. 2150 BCE) to the Roman period (ca. 30 BCE-395 CE). Sacred lakes were usually fed by ground-water, differing in this from other kinds of temple waters such as stone-lined canals (connecting the temple with the Nile), and larger than the square or circular wells. The various types of sacred lakes served a number of cultic purposes: at Dendara it was 'the place of appeasement of the lion-goddess'. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/19/2008)
Type of Work
excavation (site); pond
Subject
animals, deities, Egypt--Religion, Ptolemaic
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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