Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated, later, with Isis and, earlier, with Sekhmet but eventually was considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived. She is usually depicted as a woman with the head of a cow, ears of a cow, or simply in cow form.
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c. 3000 BCEHathor, known as Mistress of Dendera, cult center flourishes in the city of Dendera.
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c. 2700 BCEPopularity of cult of Hathor spreads.
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c. 2000 BCEPriestesses and Priests of Hathor tattooed with images of the goddess.
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c. 1270 BCEHathor depicted on tombs in Valley of the Queens.
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237 BCEConstruction of Temple of Hathor at Philae.
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54 BCETemple of Hathor at Dendera built.
