The Temple is located about
4KM from the River Nile, on its west bank, roughly opposite the city of Qena,
the capital of the province and governorate of Qena.
The Temple of Hathor was built in the 1st century B.C and
it is one of the best-preserved Temples in the whole of Egypt! Ptolemy VIII and
Queen Cleopatra II built it, and then later, Roman Emperors continued to
decorate it and honor the Goddess Hathor; the Goddess of maternity, love and
music. The
Greeks identified the Goddess Hathor as Aphrodite.