Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Dendara Complex; Roman Nymphaea and Gates
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Preferred Title:
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Dendara Complex; Roman Nymphaea and Gates
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Alternate Title:
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Dendera Complex; Roman Nymphaea and Gates
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Image View:
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The remains of the Roman colonnaded street
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Creator:
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unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Location:
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site: Dendara Temple Complex (Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt)
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Date:
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ca. 117 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Egyptian (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman); Ptolemaic
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Work Type 1:
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excavation (site)
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Work Type 2:
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street
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Work Type 3:
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gatehouse
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone; limestone
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Egypt--Civilization; Roman Empire
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Description:
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The complex was entered by a Roman colonnaded street, flanked by two small kiosks (the Nymphaea), then the monumental gateway of Domitian and Trajan which was set in a massive mud-brick enclosure wall that surrounded the complex. (Source: Tour Egypt; http://www.touregypt.net/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module One
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Identifier:
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1A3-EG-D-2-A3
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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