. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. Fig. 4.—Tomb at Beni-Hassan. (Fig. 4) the fluted columns and moulded lintel calledProto-Doric, from which the Greek Doric order*was eventually evolved. * Order i- a comprehensive term in classieal architecture for acolumn, pedestal, and entablature. THE THEBAN PERIOD. CHARACTERISTICS. g From the JMemphite regime, which ended with thetenth dynasty, we now pass to THE THEBAN PERIOD OF EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. With the Theban monarchy opens a new archi-tectural era for Egypt. In place of pyramids rose. Fig. 5.—A temple of the T
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. Fig. 4.—Tomb at Beni-Hassan. (Fig. 4) the fluted columns and moulded lintel calledProto-Doric, from which the Greek Doric order*was eventually evolved. * Order i- a comprehensive term in classieal architecture for acolumn, pedestal, and entablature. THE THEBAN PERIOD. CHARACTERISTICS. g From the JMemphite regime, which ended with thetenth dynasty, we now pass to THE THEBAN PERIOD OF EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. With the Theban monarchy opens a new archi-tectural era for Egypt. In place of pyramids rose. Fig. 5.—A temple of the Theban period. From Colomb. obelisks, temples, and palaces above broad brick ter-races (Fig. 5), while colossal statues etched them-selves against the sky, like those of Amenophis,which could be seen twenty miles away, and weresaid to cast their shadows as far as the Libyan this period, however, building activitywas by no means continuous. True, under OsirtasuI and Amenemhat I arose a second golden age more IO EGYPT AXD NUBIA. splendid than the Memphite period, and to thesekings and their subjects we owe the temple and obe-lisk of Heliopolis, the tombs of Beni-Hassan, theTemple of Karnak, and probably Lake Mceris andthe Labyrinth. But after the invasion of the Hyksos,about 2200 B. C, there followed an interregnum, last-ing six hundred years, during which absolutelynothing architectural occurred ; and thus it is neces-sary to pass to the eighteenth dynasty before findinganother great art revival. But, with the Hyksos driven out by Ahmes(Amosis) an
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