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