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AVENUE OF SPHINXES

Temple of Amon, Luxor Dynasty XXX, 380-363 B.C. This avenue of sphinxes connects the temple at Karnak with the temple at Luxor. Ahead is the pylon of Ramesses II....

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Detail, COLUMNS FROM THE COURT

Temple of Amon, Luxor Dynasty XVIII, c. 1400-1360 B.C. These columns are among the finest achievements of Egyptian architecture. Known as papyrus-bundle columns, they represent bound stalks of the sacred papyrus plant which are capped with a cluster of papyrus buds....

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COLONNADED PROCESSIONAL HALL

Mortuary Complex of King Zoser Saqqara Dynasty III, 2780-2680 B.C. The processional way through the large stone hall is lined with engaged columns. The great court lies ahead....

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CENTRAL PASSAGEWAY

Great Hypostyle Hall Temple of Amon, Karnak Dynasty XIX, 1318-1237 B.C. The central aisle of the great hypostyle hall at Karnak. It is lined on each side with six enormous columns seventy-eight feet high with lotus-blossom capitals. The passageway continues directly along the east-west axis....

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PYLON OF RAMESSES II

Temple of Amon, Luxor Dynasty XIX, c. 1250 B.C. One of the original two obelisks in front of the pylon (the second was taken in the nineteenth century to the Place de la Concorde, Paris). Colossal statues of Ramesses II flank the entrance. The reliefs and hieroglyphics have mostly worn away....

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COLOSSI OF MEMNON

Western Thebes Dynasty XVIII, c. 1360 B.C. Egyptian sculpture is as monumental as its architecture. These two sculptures, each carved out of a single block of stone, are about seventy feet high. They represent Amenhotep III and were placed at the entrance to his mortuary temple. Notice the small figure of his wife on the left-hand statue; his mot...

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SIDE COLUMNS

Great Hypostyle Hall Temple of Amon, Karnak Dynasty XIX, 1318-1237 B.C. There are side columns with lotus-bud capitals south and north of the central passage. They are shorter than the main columns and set at closer intervals. Light comes in through windows above the taller columns....

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MAIN PYLON RELIEFS

Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III Medinet Habu Dynasty XX, c. 1175 B.C. These brilliant pylon reliefs portray Ramesses III on a chariot drawn by horses as he and his archers hunt bulls at the edge of the river. Notice the contrasting scales between the king and his men and the fish carved at the bottom right....

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ROCK TEMPLE OF RAMESSES II

Formerly at Abu Simbel Dynasty XIX, 1304-1237 B.C. Ramesses II cuts this temple out of the rock mountain at Abu Simbel. Four huge sixty-five foot statues of the king overpower the facade. Little statues of his family are cut between the legs....

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Detail, GREAT WINDOW GRILLE

Great Hypostyle Hall Temple of Amon, Karnak Dynasty XIX, 1318-l237 B.C. The windows are covered with stone grilles which severely limit the amount of light, leaving much of the columned hall in darkness....

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