The Greek and Roman collection dates again to the founding of the museum—in reality, the museum’s first accessioned object was a Roman sarcophagus, still at present on show. Though the collection naturally concentrates on items from historical Greece and the Roman Empire, these historical areas represent a variety of cultures and creative kinds, from traditional Greek black-figure and red-figure vases to carved Roman tunic pins. However, the favored centerpiece of the Egyptian Art division continues to be the Temple of Dendur. Situated in a large room and partially surrounded by a reflecting pool and illuminated by a wall of home windows opening onto Central Park, the Temple of Dendur has been one of many Met’s most enduring sights. Among the oldest items at the Met, a set of Archeulian flints from Deir el-Bahri which date from the Lower Paleolithic period , are a half of the Egyptian collection. The first …