Dendera

Dendera, also spelled Denderah and known in antiquity as Iunet and in Greek as Tentyris, is a small town on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt, about five kilometres south of Qena and some sixty kilometres north of Luxor. It is best known for the Dendera Temple complex, which includes the Temple of Hathor and is among the best-preserved temple sites of ancient Upper Egypt. The present temple dates from the reign of Ptolemy XII in 54 BC and was completed under the Roman emperor Tiberius. In Ancient Egypt, Iunet was the capital of the Sixth Nome of Upper Egypt. The place was also a bishopric and remains a Latin Catholic titular see, and it has a hot desert climate.