Dendera

Also known as Dendera , Denderah, Dandarah, Denderah, Tentyris, Tentyra

Dendera ( Dandarah; ; Bohairic ; Sahidic ), also spelled Denderah, ancient Iunet 𓉺𓈖𓏏𓊖 “jwn.t”, Tentyris,(Arabic: Ewan-t إيوان-ة ), or Tentyra is a small town and former bishopric in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile, about south of Qena, on the opposite side of the river. It is located approximately north of Luxor and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. It contains the Dendera Temple complex, one of the best-preserved temple sites from ancient Upper Egypt.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Dendera
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: Clockwise from top: Entrance to Dendara Temple, Dendara Temple Complex, Inside Hathor Temple, Hathor Temple Complex
Settlement.pushpin_map: Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Qena
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: EST
Settlement.utc_offset: +2

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Population: 53109
Elevation: 81
Image: Dendera Temple.jpg

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Contents

Etymology
Temple complex
Ecclesiastical history
Titular see
Climate
Sponsors
Monuments
References – Notes
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In Ancient Egypt, Iunet (Dendera) was the capital of the Sixth Nome of Upper Egypt (Iqer). Sometimes its governor was the head of all of Upper Egypt, like Idu I who served in the late 6th dynasty.