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 .
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 .