Temple of Dendur

Speaking of the most not-to-miss artwork in the Metropolitan Museum is the Temple of Dandal. Because a local water conservancy project in Egypt will cause the area where this temple is located to disappear, the United States will help him take the entire temple The area is protected. The local Egyptian government gave the entire temple to the United States to thank the American government, so here a brick and a stone were moved from Egypt intact and put together. It is very worth watching, although it is not special. It's big, but you still need to line up to see it inside. Let me, a person who has never been to Egypt, can also witness the elegance of Egyptian temples in advance.

The Temple of Danfu, from the Lower Nubia region, Danfu, Roman period, about 15 BC, Fengcheng sandstone, from the gate to the temple after the length of 25 meters. Egypt gave the United States in 1965, the Metropolitan Museum in 1967, and the place in 1978 in the Sackler Exhibition Hall. The Egyptian government presented the Temple of Danzig to the United States in recognition of American assistance in protecting the historic site of Nubian, which should have been submerged in the Nile after the Aswan High Dam, if not demolished. Although the Danzig Temple is of a small size compared to the magnificent temple in Egypt, it has all the basic components of a temple, a gate, a porch, a sacrificial chamber and a shrine. The porch columns have plant columns, and reliefs on the walls depict the Pharaoh offering sacrifices to the gods.