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English: Emperor Trajan, Dendera. Reference: (in English) (2015) SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Profile, p. 424 ISBN: 978-1-84765-441-0. Relief panel from the impressive mammisi at Dendera dating mainly to the Roman period, these scenes depicting Emperor Trajan in Egyptian guise making offerings to Hathor.
A mammisi (mamisi) is an ancient Egyptian small chapel attached to a larger temple (usually in front of the pylons [1]), built from the Late Period, [2] [3] and associated with the nativity of a god. [1] The word is derived from Coptic – the last phase of the ancient Egyptian language – meaning "birth place".
Relief panel from the impressive mammisi at Dendera dating mainly to the Roman period, these scenes depicting Emperor Trajan in Egyptian guise making offerings to Hathor. Much of the rich external carving was never finished, but on the south side it is fairly complete and in good condition (aside from the defaced Bes figures above the capitals).
The Roman mammisi. The Roman mammisi is a subsidiary building dating to the reigns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. Numerous reliefs of Trajan making offerings to Egyptian deities can be seen. [7] The presence of the Roman mammisi at the Dendera Temple Complex is indicative of the long and complicated history of the Romans in Egypt.
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For decades, the curious had to gaze down from the bustling sidewalks rimming Largo Argentina (Argentina Square) to admire the temples below. Behind two of the temples is a foundation and part of ...
English: Trajan on the Roman Mammisi at Dendera, Egypt. Reference: (in English) (2015) SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome , Profile, p. 424 ISBN : 978-1-84765-441-0 . Date
The dig has been challenging for the team as the temple is located more than 7 feet below the water line. They dug a hole about 15 feet deep and stabilized the walls of the hole with metal sheeting.