Jan 02

POTD: Old school vandalism in Egypt

by in Egypt, Middle East, Photo of the Day

These reliefs in the Dendera Temple complex were destroyed by early Egyptian Christians. The Christians considered the Egyptian gods to be pagan, and thus tried to suppress the worship of these gods.

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2 Responses to “POTD: Old school vandalism in Egypt”

  1. From Roger:

    They did indeed – have you seen the film ‘Agora’ by any chance?

    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 1:30 pm #

  2. From Lindsay:

    I have not…I’ll have to check it out.

    Posted on January 2, 2011 at 7:14 pm #

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