Tuesday, September 6, 2016

The Forecourt of Ramses II and other buildings in this court .. Part ( 10 )

The Forecourt or Sun Court of Ramses II :-
The Forecourt of Ramses II, which we now enter, need not dating us long . Its chief significance to us is an illustration of the degeneration of architectural conceptions and forms within the comparatively short space of a century .

Monday, September 5, 2016

Apts or Opet festival scenes at Luxor Temple .. ( Part 9 )

The reliefs on the side-walls of the Colonnade Hall of Amenhotep III are of fine work, and of especial interest, portraying, as they do, one of the great religious festivals of the Theban year .

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Colonnade Hall of Amenhotep III at Luxor Temple .. Part ( 8 )

We must now retrace our steps to the Forecourt of Amenhotep where we first entered the temple, in order that we may complete our survey of the 18th dynasty buildings by viewing what is doubtless the most imposing part of the whole temple,