This 15-x-20 metre kiosk is metres high; its function was likely "to shelter the bark of Isis at the eastern banks" of Philae island. Its four b
This 15-x-20 metre kiosk is metres high; its function was likely "to shelter the bark of Isis at the eastern banks" of Philae island. Its four by five columns each carry "different, lavishly structured composite capitals that are topped by piers" and were originally "intended to be sculpted into Bes piers, similar to the birthhouses of Philae, Armant, and Dendera though this decoration was never completed Taken @Aswan, Egypt
Size: 4026px × 6026px
Photo credit: © Tjetjep Rustandi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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