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Dendera: Temple of Hathor, relief of Cleopatra VII and Caesarion     .


Relief of Cleopatra VII and her son Caesarion (ca. 35 BC), on the Temple of Hathor at Dendera.




This Late Ptolemaic relief dating from about 35 BC, located on the rear exterior wall of the Temple of Hathor, is one of the few contemporary portrayals of Cleopatra VII. She is shown flanking Caesarion, her son with the Roman leader Julius Caesar.


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