The Temple of Dendur is an Ancient Egyptian temple that was built by the Roman governor of Egypt, Petronius, around 15 BC, as one of many Egyptian temples commissioned by the emperor Augustus. In the 1960s, the temple was removed from its original location and given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it has been exhibited since 1978. The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States fourth most visited art museum in the world. Wikipedia
A longstanding holiday tradition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, the presentation of its' Christmas tree and 18th-century Neapolitan crèche. A 20-foot blue spruce is gracefully adorned with cherubs and angels, while at the base an elaborate collection of Nativity scenes. All set in front of an eighteenth-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall.
