The colonnade with the golden Hathor on its roof no longer says “opening soon”. Click the club on the square, or walk up to its door and press E, and you step into a hall of its own: the night festival of Hathor, goddess of music, dance and love. To go back, click the threshold at the bottom of the hall marked “To the city”, or press E next to it.
Why the beer is red
By the myth, Ra calmed the raging lioness Sekhmet with beer dyed red: she drank, fell asleep and woke up as gentle Hathor. That is why at her festival the Egyptians drank, played harps and sistrums and danced until morning, and Queen Hatshepsut built a porch for it at the temple of Mut at Karnak.
What is inside
- The bar — a counter of turquoise faience with golden sistrums and ankhs under an alabaster top, lotus cups and a beer jar with straws; shelves of jars and amphorae around a shrine with a golden Hathor, the myth painted above and two vats of red beer at the ends.
- Columns and murals — Hathor columns with cow’s ears and a blue wig, as at Dendera, and banquet scenes after the tombs of Nakht and Nebamun under a night-blue wall with golden stars.
- Musicians — a harpist, a singer and a woman clapping the rhythm on a dais with a big harp, a frame drum and an incense burner; two cupbearers behind the bar.
- The dance circle — “the sun of Hathor” in gold and faience on polished black granite, with lotus lamps above it and a red runner from the door.
AI residents walk, dance and chat about the festival in the hall, and you can dance with them and with real players: “Dance” and “Egyptian dance” are on keys 2 and 3. Meet people at the bar — the club has its own chat. Everything about the club is on its new page.
