The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . —^-?*-0!—^ -*.—-? — \~!^ ~Si-- -^-^-1. THE TEMPLE OE KHilNSU AT supplementing Montu, but finally supplanting hiia in the third place of theTriad. From the time of Sesostris onwards, Tlieban dogma acknowledgedhim alone side by side with Amon-Ka and Mut the divine mother. It was now incumbent on the Pharaoh to erect to this newly made favouritea temple whose size and magnificence should be worthy of the rank to whichhis votaries had exalted him. To this end, Ramses III. chose a suitable site tothe south of the hypostyle hall of K
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . —^-?*-0!—^ -*.—-? — \~!^ ~Si-- -^-^-1. THE TEMPLE OE KHilNSU AT supplementing Montu, but finally supplanting hiia in the third place of theTriad. From the time of Sesostris onwards, Tlieban dogma acknowledgedhim alone side by side with Amon-Ka and Mut the divine mother. It was now incumbent on the Pharaoh to erect to this newly made favouritea temple whose size and magnificence should be worthy of the rank to whichhis votaries had exalted him. To this end, Ramses III. chose a suitable site tothe south of the hypostyle hall of Karnak, close to a corner of the enclosing wall,and there laid the foundations of a temple which his successors took nearlya century to Its proportions are by no means perfect, the sculptureis wanting in refinement, the painting is coarse, and the masonry was so faulty,that it was found necessary in several places to cover it with a coat of stuccobefore the bas-reliefs could be carved on the walls; yet, in spite of all this, It is ]iosBible that tliis assimilation originated iu tile
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