Egyptian Art (and the Temple of Dendur)

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN (from the Roman Era, A.D. 160)

COFFIN FOR A SACRED CAT (circa 305 B.C.) - A mummified cat is inside the bronze, cat-shaped coffin. This cat was pictured in the children's book From the Mixed-up FIles of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

THE MUMMIES AT THE MET ARE MOSTLY OVER 2,000 YEARS OLD. . . THE MET HAS 26,000 OBJECTS IN ITS EGYPTIAN COLLECTION.

• THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE MET's "COSTUME INSTITUTE" EXHIBIT.
• IT IS OFTEN CLOSED.
• IF IT'S OPEN, THE NEXT 4 SLIDES SHOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO VISIT.
• TAKE THE STAIRS OR ELEVATOR DOWN.
• WHEN DONE, YOU WILL END UP BACK ON TOP OF THE STAIRS.

• IF IT IS CLOSED, JUST SCAN THROUGH THE NEXT 4 SLIDES, THEN, TURN AROUND, AND CONTINUE.

THIS IS A PUNK OUTFIT, circa 1975, by VIVIAN WESTWOOD OF LONDON.

• END OF COSTUME EXHIBIT PHOTOS.
• TURN AROUND TO CONTINUE.

YOU ARE ENTERING THE "TEMPLE OF DENDUR" ROOM. . .THE TEMPLE OF DENDUR WAS BUILT BY THE ROMANS IN 35 B.C. AND GIVEN TO THE U.S. BY EGYPT IN 1965.

JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS LIVED IN THIS BUILDING. . .

. . .SHE LIVED WITH ARISTOTLE ONASSIS IN THE APARTMENT THAT HAS BUSHES ON THE BALCONY

THIS GUY DRANK TOO MUCH COFFEE!

THIS IS CARVED GRAFITTI FROM 1820.

THIS IS CARVED GRIFITTI FROM 10 YEARS AFTER THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT. . . .SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE!

THE SPHINX OF HATSHEPSUT (circa 1460 B.C. - almost 3,500 years old)

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