In which century was the Damascus Room, a highly decorated Ottoman
Chapter 1

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Portals to ancient empires

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Treasures of the Pacific and early Americas

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Ch 2 · Portals to ancient empires
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themet Giant stone guardians protected the court of the Assyrian kings.

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themet The Temple of Dendur traveled from Egypt to New York.

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themet The secret history of the Damascus Room

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themet The Astor Court replica of a Ming Dynasty scholar's garden.

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Pocket History Portals
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themet Sort ancient artifacts into museum portals to discover how lost civilizations proved they existed.

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themet Portals to Ancient Empires

Through the gates, through the gates, We step into the ancient world!

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The court of the Assyrian kings

themet Meet the monumental stone guardians that watched over ancient Mesopotamian palaces.

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Fun Fact

Temple of Dendur: This ancient Egyptian temple is housed in a room with a giant glass wall so it can be seen illuminated from Central Park at night.

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The Damascus room's secret history

themet Step inside a lavishly decorated reception room from eighteenth-century Syria.

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Glossary
lamassu (noun)
An ancient Assyrian protective deity, typically depicted with a bull's or lion's body, eagle's wings, and a human head. Two monumental stone figures from Nimrud, dating to 883 B.C., guard the entrance to the Assyrian gallery.

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Quiz

The Temple of Dendur was built during the reign of which Roman Emperor who ruled over Egypt?

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Gossip

Which ancient portal would you step through?

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Quiz

What unique construction method was used to build the wooden structures of the Met's Astor Court?

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Quiz

The Astor Court inside the Met is a faithful replica of a garden from which Chinese city?

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In which century was the Damascus Room, a highly decorated Ottoman Syrian reception room at the Met, constructed?

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Why did Egypt gift the ancient Temple of Dendur to the United States in 1965?

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Which Egyptian goddess is honored alongside Isis in the carvings on the Temple of Dendur?

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What mythical creature, with the body of a bull and wings of an eagle, guards the Met's Assyrian gallery?

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The colossal stone lamassu statues at the Met originally guarded the palace of which Assyrian king?

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