Dendera Temple complex. The Djed is one of the most ancient and widespread symbols in ancient Egypt. ⠀ - Pic1- Louvre collection (top), Light of Dendera (below) It first appears in the Predynastic Period in Egypt (c. 6000-3150 BCE) and continues through the Ptolemaic Dynasty (323-30 BCE), the last dynasty to rule Egypt before it became a province of the Roman Empire. The Djed is featured on pillars, tomb walls, architraves (the main beam which rests on pillars), palace walls, sheets of painted p