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... An example of Egyptian architecture would be the Temple of Dendur. Not the largest temple built by the Egyptians but a great example of their style, technique, and ideas.
The Temple of Dendur was built around 15 B. ... Initially, the temple was a shrine in the cliffs, built as a burial place for two drowned brothers. ... , Emperor Augustus built a gateway and enclosure wall, and wharf for the Goddess of Philae, thus transforming the structure into a temple. ... One important symbolic aspect was based on the understanding of the temple as an image of the natural world as the Egyptians knew it. The temple of Dendur was lined with carvings of papyrus and lotus plants that seem to grow from water, symbolized by figures of the Nile god, Hapy. ... Above the gate and temple entrance are images of the sun disk flanked by the outspread wings of Horus, the sky god.
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