Mysteries of History

 

The Egyptian Temple in the U.S.A.

Megan

My American cousin Laura said there's an Egyptian temple in New York City. Is this true? And if so, where is it and how did it get there?

 

 

Ben

It's true! It's the Temple of Dendur.

 

Old drawing of the Temple of Dendur

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linda

It's an old ruin! It's hard to tell if it's Egyptian, but that doesn't look like New York!

 

 

Ben

It looks old because it's ancient. It's Egyptian because it was built in Egypt, in the south towards the border with Sudan.

Map of Egypt with Lake Nasser

 

 

The land around it was flooded when a dam was made and Lake Nasser was formed.

So the temple had to be moved to save it. It ended up in modern New York.

 

 

 

 

 

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