The temple of dendur
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Swie Seng Ling
Art 101
The Temple of Dendur
On the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum, there is the Temple of Dendur. It
was built in the sponsorship of Julius Ceasar to honor the goddess Isis of Philae.
There are two parts of the monument: the building itself and a gate way. The temple
was built in about the year 15 B.C. It is also built in front of a shrine of two brothers
who probably died by drowning in the Nile river to honor them them too. The building is
about 17 feet tall, 22 feet wide and was located in Lower Nubia 600 miles south of
Cairo. In front of the building is the gateway which is 20 feet tall and has a width of
about 8 to 10 feet.The material of the building is gray granite which has a tan color.
The shape of the building is very bad...