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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: archaeological site in Egypt
- Also known as: “Dandur”, “Dandūr”, “Dendur”, “Dendūr”, “Nag‘ Dandûr”, and “Naj‘ Dandūr”
Places of Interest
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Temple of Dendur
- Categories: archaeological site and former settlement
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Temple of Dendur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معبد دندور”
- Arabic: “معبددندور”
- Azerbaijani: “Dendur məbədi”
- Catalan: “Dendur”
- Catalan: “Pateese”
- Catalan: “Tutzis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد دندور”
- French: “Dendour”
- French: “Dendur”
- German: “Dendur”
- Hebrew: “מקדש דנדור”
- Japanese: “デンドゥール神殿”
- Japanese: “デンドゥール聖堂”
- Spanish: “Dendur”
- Urdu: “معبد دندور”
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