- published: 22 Oct 2015
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Coordinates: 26°10′N 32°39′E / 26.167°N 32.65°E / 26.167; 32.65
Dendera (Arabic: دندرة Dandarah; also spelled Denderah, Tentyra) is a small town in Egypt situated on the west bank of the Nile, about 5 km south of Qena, on the opposite side of the river.
At a rather isolated place at the edge of the desert, about 2.5 km south-west of the modern town, lies what Dendera is famous for, a mostly Greco-Roman temple complex known in ancient Egyptian as Iunet or Tantere. The modern Arab town is built on the ancient site of Ta-ynt-netert, which means 'She of the Divine Pillar', or Tentyra, which is Greek for Dendera. It was once the capital of the 6th Nome (Pharaonic province) of Upper Egypt, and was also named Nikentori or Nitentori, which signifies willow wood or willow earth. Others derive the name from the sky and fertility goddess Hathor, also associated with the Greek Aphrodite, who was especially worshiped there. The crocodile, recognized as the deity of the city, was also venerated as such in other Egyptian cities, which gave rise to many quarrels, notably with Ombos. It is still the seat of a titular see, the suffragan of Ptolemais, in the former Roman province of Thebaid Secunda. Little is known of Christianity there, as only the names of two ancient bishops are given: Pachymius, companion of Melece at the beginning of the fourth century, and Serapion or Aprion, contemporary and friend of the monk St. Pachomius, who had in his diocese his celebrated convent of Tabennisi. The town became the Arab Denderah during the late Ottoman Empire and ruled 6000 inhabitants in Qena.
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