Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . 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. PLAN OF THE TEMPLE OF EDFOU. Ivoman or Ptolemaic period, and consequently in the decline ofEgyptian art. It is a large and massive building, overcharged withhieroglyphic sculpture and ornament, evincing
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . 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. PLAN OF THE TEMPLE OF EDFOU. Ivoman or Ptolemaic period, and consequently in the decline ofEgyptian art. It is a large and massive building, overcharged withhieroglyphic sculpture and ornament, evincing in its profusion and 22 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY. gracelessness the decadence of the Egyptian style. It has no fore-court, nor propylons. Its columns terminate in a capital represent-ing the head of the goddess Athor, repeated four times, surmountedby a quadrangular pylon.
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