. Architecture, classic and early Christian . FiG. 20.—Plan op oxe op the iUAlIillSI AT EdFOU. Fig. 19.—Plan of the Teiiple at Edjou. qucntly found between the piers and columns, about halfthe height of the shaft. These temples differ from the largerones in having their outer walls perpendicular. Fig. 20 EGYPTIAN TEMPLES. 31 is a plan of one of tliose small temples, and no one can fail to reiunrk the strikingtemples; there can indeedbe little doubt that thisnation borrowed the peri-stylar form of its templesfrom the Ancient i^gyp-tians. Although no rock-cuttomi^les have been dis-covered in Egy
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . FiG. 20.—Plan op oxe op the iUAlIillSI AT EdFOU. Fig. 19.—Plan of the Teiiple at Edjou. qucntly found between the piers and columns, about halfthe height of the shaft. These temples differ from the largerones in having their outer walls perpendicular. Fig. 20 EGYPTIAN TEMPLES. 31 is a plan of one of tliose small temples, and no one can fail to reiunrk the strikingtemples; there can indeedbe little doubt that thisnation borrowed the peri-stylar form of its templesfrom the Ancient i^gyp-tians. Although no rock-cuttomi^les have been dis-covered in Egypt proper,Xubia is very rich in suchremains. The arrangementof these temples hewn outof the rock is closely analo-gous to that of the detachedone?. Figs. 21 and 22 showa plan and section of the likeness to some of the Greek
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