Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . age, differ considerably in plan andarrangement from the elder palace-temples, for they are moreessentially temples. They are also remarkable for their dimensionsand richness of decoration. The large temple at Edfou is built on thegrandest scale, and like most Egyptian temples, is covered withpaintings and sculpture, representing mythological and regal person-ages. It was erected in the age of the Ptolemies. The columns ofthis temple are remarkable for their elegance and variety, beingformed on the type of the different plants and
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . age, differ considerably in plan andarrangement from the elder palace-temples, for they are moreessentially temples. They are also remarkable for their dimensionsand richness of decoration. The large temple at Edfou is built on thegrandest scale, and like most Egyptian temples, is covered withpaintings and sculpture, representing mythological and regal person-ages. It was erected in the age of the Ptolemies. The columns ofthis temple are remarkable for their elegance and variety, beingformed on the type of the different plants and flowers of the has the usual facade of an Egyptian temple, the two large andmassive pylons with a gateway in the centre. Within these is acourt, 140 feet by 161 feet, surrounded by a colonnade on three c 2 20 HANDBOOK OF APAJTIJEOLOGY. sides, and rising by easy steps, the whole width of the court, to thefront or portico, which in Ptolemaic temples takes the place of thegreat hypostyle halls of the Pharaohs. It is lighted from the front A„./Sa: m. over low screens placed between each of the pillars, a peculiarityscarcely ever found in temples of earlier date. Within this is an TEMPLES. 2L inner and smaller porch, which leads through two passages to a darkand mysterious sanctuary. The temple of Dendera, was dedicatedto the goddess Athor, the Egyptian Venus. It was built in a
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