Temple of Dendur
The Temple of Dendur is a Roman Egyptian religious structure originally located in Tuzis, Nubia about 80 kilometres south of modern Aswan. Around 23 BCE, Emperor Augustus commissioned the temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis and deified brothers Pedesi and Pihor from Nubia.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 180 metres (590 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Egypt
- Also known as“Dandūr”“Dendūr”“Nag‘ Dandûr”“Naj‘ Dandūr”
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Temple of Dendur
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Latitude
23.38333° or 23° 23′ north
Longitude
32.95° or 32° 57′ east
Open location code
7GMJ9WMX+8X
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Temple of Dendur” goes by many names.
معبد دندورArabic
Dendur məbədiAzerbaijani
DendurCatalan
PateeseCatalan
TutzisCatalan
معبد دندورEgyptian Arabic
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