Dendera Temple of Hathor
How did one of the best-preserved temples in all of Egypt — its painted ceilings, Hathor columns, and zodiac intact — come to be famous instead for a crypt relief that fringe writers insist is an ancient electric lightbulb?
main temple c. 54 BCE–20 CE (Ptolemaic to early Roman; on a much older sacred site) · Dendera, Qena Governorate, EgyptAdded July 2026