| Pharaonic tourism
Dandara's
temple
 |
It is
considered one of the most beautiful ancient Egypt ian temples
, this is because it has all artistic featwes starting from
the age of pharaoh families to the emergence of
chiristianity |
It stands in the
western bank of the nile river , 5 km away from qena , it's history
goes back to the fourth family . however the building is roman greek
architects king petolomixl started building it in 116 bc . the
working continued about 150 years and it was decorated in the age of
romans in 34 ad , the temple stands our about 20 acre and there is
anather supplementary temple about 350 m away from the main
temple.
Asna's temple
it was built in the
age of Romans so that the religious ceremony to worship god khnoum
can be done emperor kladious started the building . nowadays , the
remaining part of the temple is
the completed hall
of the colums it is considered of 24 columns with crowns and
decorated with paintings and engravings that belonged to the age of
petolomi iv 's 170 bc . the rest of the hall was decorated in the
age of romans , between the first century and the third one . beside
the temple's gate , there is a small room that was used by monks to
wash and clean before praying.
Qeft 's temple
the god of Qeft was
" god meen " , the master of the eastern descent it has human
shape , with a whip in his right hand and two feathers on his head .
the temple was built in the fourth family's age then , king babi of
the sixth family rebuilt it.
in 1893 - 1849 ,
batri , discoveries in the temple showed many mounments such as an
antique statue of god meen , statues for the desert's animals and
the red sea shells , and also a huge granite trinity that shows
ozimandious sitting between isis and hathor , these mounments and
status are now shown in Egyption
museum |