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Birthday at the Museum

I am so lucky because I was able to celebrate my 30th birthday at The MET! My mom 𓅐𓏏𓁐, dad 𓇋𓏏𓀀, brother π“Œ’π“ˆ–, and sister π“Œ’π“ˆ–π“ all came with me and I had the best day! For many birthdays, my Nonno came with us to the MET too, so it was definitely sad without him but I know he was watching down on all of us!

My brother, me and my sister at the Temple of Dendur at The Met!

We are at the Temple of Dendur! The temple π“‰Ÿπ“π“‰ was actually commissioned by Augustus 𓉐𓉻𓀀 and building was completed by 10 B.C.E. Dendur is located in Nubia, and is just south 𓇔𓅱𓏏 of Aswan π“‹΄π“ƒΉπ“ˆ–π“Œπ“²π“Š–. Even though the temple π“‰Ÿπ“π“‰ was built by Augustus 𓉐𓉻𓀀, it definitely follows Egyptian π“†Žπ“π“€€π“ style and not Roman style. The temple π“‰Ÿπ“π“‰ was primarily used to worship the goddess π“ŠΉπ“ Isis π“Š¨π“π“₯. Since Isis π“Š¨π“π“₯ is considered the divine mother 𓄿𓏏𓁐 of Egyptian π“†Žπ“π“€€π“ mythology, I figured this picture 𓏏𓅱𓏏 was appropriate for both my birthday and Mother’s Day!

πŸ“Έ (𓏏𓅱𓏏) by my Mom!!!