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Bookmark or Share- The Temple of Dendur: Celebrating 50 Years at The MetOn April 28, 1967, United States President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded an ancient Egyptian temple built in the first century B.C.—a gift from Egypt to the United States—to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Today the structure, the Temple of Dendur, is one of the iconic and most beloved works of art at The Met.
- The Temple of Dendur: Architecture and RitualApproximately 43 feet long, 21 feet wide, and 16 feet high to the roof, it is constructed of local Nubian sandstone blocks, a building material regularly employed in southern Egypt and Nubia throughout pharaonic history. Plan and section of the Temple of Dendur. Computer rendering by Sara Chen.
- How the Temple of Dendur Ended up in Manhattan | ArtsyIn 1968, the Temple of Dendur was dismantled and packed in 640 wooden crates before being shipped to its new home at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Smarthistory – The Temple of DendurThe Temple of Dendur. by Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay and Dr. Beth Harris. An ancient Egyptian temple plus the Roman Emperor Augustus—all on Fifth Avenue in New York City! The Temple of Dendur, completed by 10 B.C.E. (Roman Period, Egypt), Aeolian sandstone (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
- The Temple of Dendur | Roman Period | The Metropolitan Museum of ArtTitle: The Temple of Dendur. Period: Roman Period. Reign: reign of Augustus Caesar. Date: completed by 10 B.C. Geography: From Egypt, Nubia, Dendur, West bank of the Nile River, 50 miles South of Aswan. Medium: Aeolian sandstone
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