Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . le presented the appear-ance of a rectangle placed crossways against anotherof vast dimensions. Thothmes II. and Ilatshepsutcovered the walls built bytheir father with bas-reliefs,but added little to his , however, in orderto place her obelisks betweentwo of the pylons, brokedown part of the southernwall and destroyed sixteen ofthe columns that stood III. began by alter-ing certain parts, which nodoubt he considered unworthyof his god: the first pyl
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . le presented the appear-ance of a rectangle placed crossways against anotherof vast dimensions. Thothmes II. and Ilatshepsutcovered the walls built bytheir father with bas-reliefs,but added little to his , however, in orderto place her obelisks betweentwo of the pylons, brokedown part of the southernwall and destroyed sixteen ofthe columns that stood III. began by alter-ing certain parts, which nodoubt he considered unworthyof his god: the first pylonand the double sanctuary,which he constructed of thered granite of Syene (Assuan).To the eastward he builtsome chambers, of which themost important, now^ calledthe processional hall, served during processions asa station and resting-place for the sacred bark. Hesurrounded the whole with a stone wall and excavatedthe lake on which the sacred barks floated on feastdays ; then, with a sudden change of axis, he erectedtwo pylons facing southwards. in doing this hedestroyed the correct proportions which up to that. Fig. 88. — Plan of temple, Edfu. 92 RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. iM^^^L time had existed between the main building and thefacade. The outer enclosure was too wide for thefirst pylon, and did not properly accord with the III. corrected this defect ; he built asixth pylon, which was more massive and therefore better suited to the temple might now havebeen considered complete ; itsurpassed in size and bold-ness of execution anxthingthat had hitherto been at-tempted (fig. 89). But thePharaohs of the NineteenthDynasty attempted yet more. ^11113 i rrr^.ccocoooooo. I L—I OCOCOOOOOO mm They only constructed onehypostyle hall (fig. 90) and
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