QUESTION 16 1. The area around Dendera in Upper Egypt served as a cult center for which goddess? Hathor Nut Nephthys Isis QUESTION 17 1. In the First Intermediate period and Early Middle Kingdom, pyramid texts were expanded to include guides and maps for the afterlife. These were now known as ____________? QUESTION 18 1. The lotus flower was considered a symbol of: Fertility Re-birth Reunification Smiting Hathor Nut Nephthys Isis Solution 1) Hathor 3) Re-birth.