This 1903 illustration shows a detail of the entablature of the hypostyle hall of Xerxes. A hypostyle hall has a flat ceiling which is supported by columns. The Hypostyle Hall of Xerxes, King of Persia who reigned from 485 to 465 , served as a throne-room or audience hall. It was open air all year round, but the spaces between the columns could no doubt be closed with gorgeous hangings on the sunny side. Detached columnades surrounded it on three sides, the style of the pillars being slightly different from that in the body of the hall; The columns were 65 feet in height and crowned with

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This 1903 illustration shows a detail of the entablature of the hypostyle hall of Xerxes. A hypostyle hall has a flat ceiling which is supported by columns. The Hypostyle Hall of Xerxes, King of Persia who reigned from 485 to 465 , served as a throne-room or audience hall. It was open air all year round, but the spaces between the columns could no doubt be closed with gorgeous hangings on the sunny side. Detached columnades surrounded it on three sides, the style of the pillars being slightly different from that in the body of the hall; The columns were 65 feet in height and crowned with double bull's head capital.

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