Top Things to do in Qena Governorate
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What to do and see in Qena Governorate, Nile River Valley: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Qena Governorate, Egypt including Dendera Temple Complex, Church Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Bakkur Oil Press, Al-Qisariyya Heritage Street Market, Amin Bek Ḥajjaji, Dendera Temple Complex, Temple of Khnum, Sidi Abd Er-Rahim Mosque, Esna Lock, Temple of Khnum, Esna.
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1. Dendera Temple Complex
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5.0 based on 326 reviews
Built in the 1st century BC by Ptolemy 8th and Queen Cleopatra 2nd, this ancient temple is one of the most intact in Egypt.
Reviewed By ElizabethO1995 - Moscow, Russia
Dendera is one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt, dedicated to the goddess Hathor. Since it is usually visited first on the excursion to Luxor, it is somehow is associated with early morning and the rise of civilization (though it has been actually built quite late, mainly in Greco-Roman times). One of the main features of the temple is the Dendera zodiac, the round calendar on the ceiling which is often represented in albums and postcards. Come and see it with your own eyes!
2. Church Of The Blessed Virgin Mary
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Esna's Coptic Churches and Monasteries In the Coptic history, Esna is known as the “City of Martyrs” due to a series of Roman persecutions between 303 and 311 A.D. Therefore, the city and its surroundings are privileged with various religious destinations mostly related to these events such as the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church of Mother Dūlāji, Shrine of the Three Martyred Peasants
3. Bakkur Oil Press
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
This is the Bakkur Oil Press in Esna, The only remaining functioning oil press built in 1897 and still run manually . During the Abbasid era (9th Century A.D.), Esna was one of the most important centers for the oil industry. It has been producing oil made of lettuce, sesame, and arugula seeds for over the past 120 years.
4. Al-Qisariyya Heritage Street Market
5. Amin Bek Ḥajjaji
6. Dendera Temple Complex
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4.5 based on 57 reviews
Reviewed By adriano769
The Dendera Temple complex is located 60 kms upstream from Luxor. Covering an area 40,000 square meters, the complex is surrounded by a mud brick wall. What you see dates from the Ptolemaic and Roman eras, but it was a site for chapels and shrines from earlier times. The Dendra Temple Complex was a place of pilgrimage and healing. Patients seeking a cure were housed in hospitals (sanatorium) where they could be treated. Some people think that spiritual healing was a key feature of the treatment. It is thought that miraculous cures were attributed to Hathor the Goddess of love, healing, and fertility. Think of Dendra as a one stop hospital where various physiological and psychological conditions were treated using up to date therapies including magical spells, dreams and cleansing rituals. Offering were made to the goddess in front of the inner sanctuary. Holy water flowing over magical inscriptions on the base of the stature of the goddess is thought to play a part in the healing process. The Dendera Temple complex consists of: • Temple of Hathor (the main temple) • Birth of Isis Temple • Sacred Lake • Sanatorium • Mammisi of Nectanebo II (birth house) • Christian Basilica • Roman Mammisi (birth house) • a Barque shrine • Gateways of Domitian and Trajan • a Roman Kiosk Today, the Dendra Temple Complex resonates with the chirps of birds that make their home in cracks and ledges in the temple walls. Wander around this Holy Place and contemplate your own mortality. Its good food for the soul.
7. Temple of Khnum
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4.0 based on 69 reviews
This Graeco-Roman temple was built by the 18th-Dynasty pharaoh Tuthmosis III in honor of the ram-headed god Khnum.
Reviewed By Lgras68 - Miami, United States
Small town,great temple.As usual the hawkers can spoil the experience.The temple is very close to where the ship stops
8. Sidi Abd Er-Rahim Mosque
9. Esna Lock
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4.0 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By DEK_29 - Brisbane, Australia
The Esna lock is one of those features of the Nile River that most people who cruise between Luxor and Aswan will encounter. The process of going through the lock only takes a short time, roughly 20 minutes. The boat enters the lock, water either fills or is pimped out of the enclosed section which lifts or drops the boat to the height of the next section of river. I find it interesting looking at the dock and river side as the boat is lifted to the next height. It is a sight when the sun is shining however, on my last visit it was early evening which did not give anything to see.
10. Temple of Khnum, Esna
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4.0 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By DiscoverEsna - Esna, Egypt
holy triad of gods: Khnum (depicted as a man with a ram head), Neith, and their son Heka. Its construction began in 180 B.C. and lasted for 430 years. Khnum temple, which is currently located beneath the city level, has 24 colorful columns and ceiling – of which, 16 columns have unique designs. Its ceiling contains cosmological scenes and the only remaining original zodiac in Egypt’s Greco-Roman temples. #DiscoverEsna
