The existing structure began construction in the late Ptolemaic period at the time of Ptolemy Auletes in July 54 BCE. This sandstone slab comes from the domain dedicated to the goddesses Hathor and Isis at Dendera. The temple itself and surrounding buildings are cardinally orientated.

The temple has been modified on the same site starting as far back as the Middle Kingdom, and continuing right up until the time of the Roman emperor Trajan. The dominant building in the complex is the Temple of Hathor. This chapel was begun in the late Ptolemaic period; its pronaos was added by the emperor Tiberius. The Ceiling of the Hypostyle: The ceiling is decorated with vultures, winged disks, and the union between Hathor and Horus. It was part of the ceiling of one of the chapels where the resurrection of Osiris was commemorated, on the roof of the great Temple of Hathor.The vault of heaven is represented by a disc, held up by four women assisted by falcon-headed spirits. Thirty-six spirits or \"decans\" around the circumference symbolize the 360 days of the Egyptian y…

The Dendera Zodiac is the name given to an interesting bas-relief found on the ceiling of a chapel in the Temple of Hathor, which is part of the Dendera Temple complex in Upper Egypt. This led Jean-François Champollion to date the relief to the Greco-Roman period, but most of his contemporaries believed it to be of the New Kingdom. It is decorated as a complex and carefully aligned symbolic chart of the heavens, including signs of the zodiac. Dendera Temple Ceiling. by kairoinfo4u published on 11 May 2017 Send to Google Classroom: Osiris, seated on a throne, sails across the sky as the personification of the full moon, accompanied by the seated goddesses Nephthys on left and Isis … The sculptured Dendera zodiac (or Dendera Zodiac) is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos (or portico) of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera, containing images of Taurus (the bull) and the Libra (the scales). This famous bas-relief is notable for its depiction of the constellations, which include the signs of the zodiac. The relief, w… The Temple of Hathor at Dendera contains numerous astronomical images within the complex. Dendera 13 - Ornate Ceiling, Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Hathor: The ceiling of this hall retains much of its original color. Illustration. and the hypostyle hall was built in the Roman period under Tiberius. Dendera Temple Ceiling: There is a room on the left to store the cloth and book, and the second is called the treasure room, then the small courtyard, then to the worship room known to the Pharaohs “conscious” of the worship ceremony of the god Hathor and the olfactory god at the time of Christmas and New Year.

19th century recreation of the Dendera zodiac a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos (or portico) of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera, containing images of Taurus (the bull) and the Libra (the scales). The sculptured Dendera zodiac (or Denderah zodiac) is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos (or portico) of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera, containing images of Taurus (the bull) and Libra (the scales).