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"From a peristylar court enclosed between two pylons, we pass into a hypostylar hall containing forty-six columns; behind this hall comes the sanctuary, in its usual position, with its entourage of small chambers." --Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez, A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Volume 1. London, Chapman and Hall, 1883. p. 385. Translated from the French and edited by Walter Armstrong.
May 19, 2011