. A history of art in ancient Egypt . ^;Mix :?.u ? D I -:^?;ii!wy>v&^ n h—fr ^?^ =0 0= Fig. 222.—Plan of the Temple of Thothmes(Champollion, Notices descripiives, p. 314.) The Temple under the New Empire. 3^3 from front to backof the columns aresmaller in sectionthan those of theperistyles, and theeight which con-stitute the centralnave do not differfrom their com-panions.^ This hy-postyle hall lacks,therefore, some ofthe distinoruishinofcharacteristics ofits rivals unambitious ap-pearance is all themore surprising af-ter the noble pro-portions and richdecoratio
. A history of art in ancient Egypt . ^;Mix :?.u ? D I -:^?;ii!wy>v&^ n h—fr ^?^ =0 0= Fig. 222.—Plan of the Temple of Thothmes(Champollion, Notices descripiives, p. 314.) The Temple under the New Empire. 3^3 from front to backof the columns aresmaller in sectionthan those of theperistyles, and theeight which con-stitute the centralnave do not differfrom their com-panions.^ This hy-postyle hall lacks,therefore, some ofthe distinoruishinofcharacteristics ofits rivals unambitious ap-pearance is all themore surprising af-ter the noble pro-portions and richdecorations of thetwo external effect of thehall is still fartherlessened by the factthat it does notoccupy the wholewidth of the build- Here M. Perrot isin error, as may be seenby reference to his ownplan. The columns ofthe central passage ofthe hypostyle hall aresimilar in section tothose of the two peri-styles, except that theirbases are flattened late-rally in a somewhat un-usual fashion.— Fig. 223.—-Plan of the great Temple at Medinet-Abou.(Communicated by M. Brune.) 384 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. ing. Ranges of apartments are introduced between it and theexternal walls of the temple. Was there a sanctuary behind this ? It wouldseem rather, according to the recent investigations of Mariette,that upon the major axis of the temple there were two small halls,each supported by eight columns, like those in the Ramesseum ;around these many small chambers would be grouped in thefashion which is almost universal in this part of an Egyptianreligfious buildincr. The little that can be discovered as to thispoint has its importance in establishing a comparison between thetemple of Rameses II. and that of Rameses III., because itmight prove that the similarity, which we have mentioned asexisting between the more public parts of the two edifices,extended to the sanctuary and its dependencies in the last of the great Theban Pharaohs certainly
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