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I went to see a great exhibit of Egyptian art at the Metropolitan Museum, called Hatshepsut : From Queen to Pharaoh. Afterwards, I went to the Egyptian wing to see the famous Temple of Dendur. That's where I saw mostly high-school kids throwing coins into the water that surrounds the temple. Now this is a weird custom! What is it about seeing an Egyptian temple that's thousands of years old—surrounded by cat-headed statuary and located in one of New York's most interesting glass-wall interiors—that makes you want to throw coins in the water? Do you think it's good luck? Or you just want to get rid of those pennies weighing down your pocket? But I do know now how they get all those coins out of there: A maintenace guy with big hip-wader boots goes in and fishes them out.
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coins, egyptian art, met museum, temple of dendur
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Posted on 5/9/2006
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