Temple Complex

Coptic Basilica Hathor Temple Qena Temple Complex

Temple Complex

 

the complex has been excavated from the ruins of the old city

 

the brick arches of the old Roman city

 

 birth-house

 

sanitarium

 

 

 Next to the ruined Coptic church are the mud brick remains of a sanitarium, thought to be the only one still extant. It had benches around its sides where the sick rested waiting for cures affected by the priests. A rectangular sacred lake is in the south-western corner of the temple precinct.

 

 


Hieroglyphs of the Hathor temple

 

within the temple are many hieroglyphs

 

 

 

 

 

 

ceiling markings

 

 

 

solar barque

 

over the doorway


Temple of Isis

 

Behind the Temple is an Iseurn, a small temple dedicated to the goddess Isis .

 

 

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