A late 19th Century illustration of the interior of the Egyptian Dendera Temple. Dendera was an oasis on the banks of the River Nile, where pharaoh Pepi I (ca. 2250 BC) built on the site and evidence exists of a temple in the Eighteenth Dynasty (ca 1500 BC). The existing structure began construction in the late Ptolemaic period at the time of Ptolemy Auletes in July 54 BCE.

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Size: 4200px × 3797px
Location: Dendera Temple, Egypt
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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