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Temple of Shenhur

Marleen DeMeyer, Martina Minas-Nerpel

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5hc3t8dh

Swansea University Author: Martina Minas-Nerpel

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The temple of Isis, the Great Goddess, at Shenhur was built and decorated in the Roman Period during the reigns of Augustus (30 BCE–14 CE) through that of Trajan (98–117 CE). Shenhur is located between two major cult centres, Koptos and Thebes, and was influenced by both theological systems, but mai...

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Published in: UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5hc3t8dh
Published: Los Angeles UCLA (online) 2012
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