Dendera was the capital of the sixth nome of Upper Egypt, and its necropolis contains tombs dug betweenthe Predynastic period and the end of the Old Kingdom. This site's renown is due to the famous Temple of Hathor, which dates back to the Greco-Roman period. Dendera was dedicated to Hathor, one of the oldest Egyptian deities, represented as a cow or a woman with cow's ears.

Temple site dedicated to Luxor.

Dendera (Arabic: دندرة) (also spelled Denderah/Dandarah), is a little town in Egypt on the west bank of the Nile, about 5 km south from Qina, on the opposite side of the Nile.