File:A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883) (14749667526).jpg

Identifier: historyofartinan01perruoft (find matches)
Title: A history of art in ancient Egypt
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914 Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901 Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918
Subjects: Art -- Egypt History Egypt -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
al upon them than uponthe rest of the temple. Moreover, the chamber (H) which issituated upon the major axis of the temple bears a strongresemblance in shape, as well as position, to the sanctuary ofthe temple of Khons, in the case of which no doubt was possible.Or must we follow Mariette when he places the sanctuary in themiddle of the eastern court (I in plan) ? All traces of it havenow almost vanished, but Mariette based his opinion upon thefact that in the ruins of this court alone are to be found anytraces of the old temple dating back to the clays of the Amen-emhats and Ousourtesens of the twelfth dynasty. Pie doesnot attempt to account, however, for those carefully built graniteapartments which seem to most visitors to be the real sanctuary,or, at least, the sanctuary of the temple as reconstructed andenlarged by the princes of the second Theban Empire. ^ Including a postern of comparatively small dimensions, there are five doorwaysto the hypostyle hall.—Ed. a A a_st m K Si a
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 215.—The Great Temple at Karnak ; inner portion ; from the plan of M. Brunc.

Note About Images