Monday, July 11, 2016

Dendera Temple complex ( Part 6 ) , The Meanings and Definitions

  • Propylon ( noun ) : The porch , vestibule , or entrance of an edifice . And that serves as the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens . In ancient Egyptian architecture, a monumental gateway, usually between two towers in outline like truncated pyramids, of which one or a series stood before the actual entrance or pylon of most temples or other important buildings .

Dendera Temple complex ( Part 5 )

Subsidiary chambers , storerooms and crypts :-
Ranged around the central area of the temple's shrine were chambers where the statues of visiting deities would be placed – sometimes with connected suites of rooms for the visitor's use ; storerooms for cultic equipment such as the clothing for the god's image , incense , etc ; vesting chambers where the priests would prepare themselves for special ceremonies ; and other rooms having to do with the daily course of temple ritual .

Dendera Temple complex ( Part 4 ) , Outbuildings of Hathor temple :

- Beyond the stone enclosure wall , there are the ruins of various outlying buildings of the complex .

- Moving towards the main temple from the gate and on its western side are the remains of the Roman period birth house built ( mammisi ) by Augustus shortly after Egypt was added to the Roman Empire .