Start
End
StartEnd
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
|Privacy Policy

Dendera Temple Complex: Late Period to Ptolemaic construction phases (c. 664–30 BCE)

Dendera Temple Complex: Late Period to Ptolemaic construction phases (c. 664–30 BCE)

  1. Late Period revival sets building context at Dendera

    Labels: Dendera Temple, Late Period

  2. Old Birth House begins under Nectanebo I

    Labels: Mammisi, Nectanebo I

  3. Nectanebo II era completes key Late Period works

    Labels: Nectanebo II, Late Period

  4. Ptolemaic rule begins, reshaping Egyptian temples

    Labels: Ptolemaic Dynasty, Greek Egypt

  5. Old Birth House expanded in later Ptolemaic phases

    Labels: Mammisi, Ptolemaic Expansion

  6. Foundation ritual marks new Temple of Hathor start

    Labels: Ptolemy XII, Foundation Ritual

  7. Core structure and crypts progress under Ptolemy XII

    Labels: Ptolemy XII, Crypts

  8. Cleopatra VII and Caesarion appear on temple reliefs

    Labels: Cleopatra VII, Caesarion

  9. Roman annexation ends Ptolemaic building era

    Labels: Roman Annexation, Egypt Province

  10. Dendera’s Late-to-Ptolemaic phases culminate in a layered complex

    Labels: Dendera Complex, Layered Architecture

  11. Sanctuary completed during Augustus-era building cycle

    Labels: Augustus, Sanctuary Completion

  12. Thirty-four-year main building span summarized in inscriptions

    Labels: Construction Inscriptions, Building Program