Dendera: The House of Hathor with José M. Barrera

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Hathor is one of the greatest, most enduring, and most celebrated of ancient Egyptian deities. A patron of motherhood, physical pleasures, music, and joy, the great “lady of the southern sycamore” could nourish, protect, and even destroy. Across three millennia of pharaonic history (and beyond), Hathor enjoyed unrivalled prestige as an avatar of feminine power. Her temple at Dendera is one of the best in Egypt. Constructed in the late 1st Millennium BCE (but with roots stretching back to the Old Kingdom), Hathor’s house preserves amazing art, hieroglyphs, and secrets. It is a temple that today’s guest, José M. Barrera, devoted a great deal of energy to documenting. The result is a wonderful study of Hathor’s celestial realm… See José's amazing photography of Dendera's ceiling and learn more about his book Dendera: The Temple of Time (2024) at his website: https://josemariabarrera.com/dendera/ See the video version of this interview at https://youtu.be/7xjUzTcRMH0 Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net. Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	Before we begin, a quick note.
0:32.2	Today's episode is an interview about the decorations and images of Dendera Temple, the home of the great Hattor.
0:41.9	This discussion has a strong visual component in which we explore some of the images and art.
0:47.8	If you would like to watch along while we discuss, there is a video version of this available on my YouTube channel.
0:55.8	Link in the episode description.
1:01.3	For those who prefer the audio experience, this version does have some bonus extras,
1:08.5	in which I read texts from Dendera Temple that describe and praise Hattor and give a sense of her identity during the Greek and Roman periods.
1:12.5	So, video version available on my YouTube, this audio version has some extra religious content.
1:19.7	Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoy.
1:34.5	A praise for Hattor, hieroglyphic texts found on the exterior of Dendera Temple, as you approach the main entrance.
1:37.4	Quote, The Golden One, whose names are many, whose four-faced manifestation is graceful. Her father Ra gives to her his rule,
1:48.8	her horizon, her throne, her royal power, and her royalty in heaven and on earth.
1:57.0	A demonstration of joy for Hattor, mistress of Ionet, or feminine Heliopolis, the primeval one who is older than her father, the Sakhmet of yesterday, the wadjit of today.
2:11.3	Rejoicing for Hathor, the mistress of Ionet, the mistress of music, she who loves the playing of the cistrum, she who is the
2:21.3	mistress of drunkenness."
2:24.2	When it comes to ancient Egyptian deities, there is nobody quite like Hattor.
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