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Dendur, the only Egyptian temple in the western hemisphere, was given to the United States by the Egyptian government in 1965. The temple was reassembled in the Metropolitan as it appeared on the banks of the Nile.
The Temple of Dendur, ca. 15 B.C.E.; Roman period
Egyptian; Nubia, Dendur
Sandstone; L. from gate to rear of temple 82 ft. (24 m 60 cm)
Given to the United States by Egypt in 1965, awarded to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967, and installed in The Sackler Wing in 1978 (68.154)
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See Egyptian Art for more information about this object.
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a lion, 5th century B.C.; Achaemenid period
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Fragmentary Head of a Queen, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.; Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten; New Kingdom
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Gertrude Stein, 1906
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Astronomicum Caesareum, 1540
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Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Christ in Majesty with Angels and the Angel of God Directs Saint John to Write the Book of Revelation, ca. 1180; Romanesque
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja), Chola period (880–1279), ca. 11th century
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The Temple of Dendur, ca. 15 B.C.E.; Roman period
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Juan de Pareja (born about 1610, died 1670), 1650
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Dish, 15th century (1486–87)
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Krater, ca. 750–700 B.C.; Geometric
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Mihrab, 1354
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Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse, ca. 1665
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Wendingen, 1919
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The Visitation, ca. 1310
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Beginning, 1949
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Sarangi, late 19th century–early 20th century
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[Fontainebleau Forest in Mist], ca. 1860
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Mandala, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
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Sugar Bowl, 1789–1821
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View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836
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Panel: striding lions, 604–562 B.C.; Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar I
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Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony, 1606
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Drum, 1st century; Nasca
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Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea, 1878
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The Unicorn in Captivity, ca. 1495–1505
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Bust of warrior, Kofun period (3rd–7th century), 5th–6th century
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Tomb of Perneb, ca. 2350–2323 B.C.E.; end of Dynasty 5; Old Kingdom
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The Harvesters, 1565
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Harlequina, Figure, 18th century (ca. 1759)
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Two Lovers, 1630; Safavid
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Prancing Horse, ca. 1391–1353 B.C.E.; late Dynasty 18, probably reign of Amenhotep III; New Kingdom
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