Temple of Dendur
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue
New York, September 2007
“The Temple of Dendur (Dendoor in nineteenth century sources) 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. It was dedicated to Isis and Osiris, as well as two deified sons of a local Nubian chieftain, Pediese ("he whom Isis has given") and Pihor ("he who belongs to Horus"). In the 1960s, the temple was removed from its original location and given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, where it has been exhibited since 1978.” (Temple of Dendur, Wikipedia)
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